EASTER EXPLAINED
Have you ever found yourself asking why Jesus had to go and get himself crucified right at the beginning of our biggest and best public holiday ? I mean what was God thinking ? What is Easter about anyway, and how come it never gets a mention in the bible ? Is it possible then there is no such thing as Easter, God does not exist, and all of you who think he does are really dumb? We are indebted to the Richard Dawkins' Big Bossy Blog of Science for this masterful bit of rational thinking. Back to the factoids. It's time to get to the bottom of this whole Easter mystery. The resurrection. The rabbit. The eggs. The ferrets. In fact pretty much every mystifying detail about Easter and its celebration can be laid at the feet of Irish Catholic alcoholics and ferrets, Somewhere between crucifixion and chocolate came the Easter Ferret. It may surprise you to know that the very first "Easter Rabbit" was in fact an Easter Ferret who wandered into Jesus' emp...