I believe

I believe in Jesus of Nazareth not the Roman Christ

I believe he walked the earth and said he was a prophet of God

not a 3 in 1 Godhead tool – one answer fits all

the Gospels did not mention a trinity – that’s just another Roman myth

I do not believe the stories that were created

anymore than I believe rabbits lay eggs

and Persephone returns each year from Hades

so her mother will allow spring’s return,

but only in the northern hemisphere.

I believe in a kickass Jesus who whipped the money changers

and threw them out of the temple

and not the docile pacifist Roman dictators needed him to be

I believe in an empathetic Jesus who fed his disciples one last meal

and the masses fish at the Sermon on the Mount, because they were hungry

I do not believe in the transubstantiation of Christ

or any other form of ritualized cannibalism

I believe that women rolled away the stone of unbelief

and resuscitated the dead body of believers

while Peter denied his disciplehood three times

and all the men hid themselves away in fear of revelation’s sun

I believe you have a right to disagree with me

accept the Roman myths, drink magic Welch’s Grape Juice

eat fortified unleavened mystic cracker bread

believe that you are somehow magically saved

and can go back to sinning until next Sunday morning

and I believe that if I wait long enough, stale chocolate bunnies

and marshmallow Peeps will resurrect on Big Lots discount candy counters

long after their end of time expiration date

or when next Easter season rolls away – whichever comes first

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