The material at the end of this article will show where I stand in relation to Church and State. I am naïve enough to believe that some few people may be able to assimilate facts that directly contradict their learned dogma, not many, but some. That’s why I carry on writing against the rising tide of ignorant fundamentalist dogma and continuous Catholic dictatorship.

Here we are again a couple of days from the Easter season. Easter Day this time is the same for both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, which doesn’t happen all that often. The stores are filling up with Easter Bunnies, Easter cards and Easter Eggs, trying hard to be a bigger commercial success than the other less than stellar season of Christmas that was also a takeover of a very ancient, pagan, religious event.

Here we are again in the Easter season, and the stores are filled with Easter Bunnies, Easter cards and Easter Eggs, trying hard to be a bigger commercial success than the other less than stellar season that also used to be a pagan religious event, Christmas.

Here we are again in the Easter season, and the stores are filled with Easter Bunnies, Easter cards and Easter Eggs, trying to be as big a commercial success as the other season that also used to be a pagan religious event, Christmas.

There are still many Christians who believe that it is part of the original Christian religion to observe Lent, "Holy Week," "Good Friday," to buy hot cross buns at the bakery, to have colored eggs, to dress up and go to Church on Easter Sunday, perhaps to attend an Easter sunrise service! They haven’t examined their belief system, or its origins.