“A crown of thorns placed on his head; He knew that He would soon be dead”
“A crown of thorns placed on his head; He knew that He would soon be dead”
Easter Weekend reflections
By N. Invictus (an anonymous Canadian teacher)
Although I am not a Christian, on Good Friday, a wise neighbourhood friend shared a link with me: an Easter rendition of "Hallelujah". Intrinsically, she knows that I share the same values, and I believe that religions, in general, in any shape and form, were in part the response to humanity’s cry for help, guidance, for salvation. Having faith in something beyond our materialistic selves, the need for our souls to believe, to look above, to search for a heaven, and to have a yardstick to distinguish between good and evil is as important to our survival and sanity as food, water, and air.
Throughout history, our need for this higher being, for a compass, has been exploited by power-seeking and malicious individuals. However, this reality should not dictate our stance on people of faith—any faith. After all, we are all human and share the same fundamental need, regardless of the religion we are born into, baptized, or converted to. In addition, there are many overlaps between the instructions and expectations of different faiths. How could there not be, especially when it comes to categorizing good and evil?
I listened to the Easter rendition of "Hallelujah" and felt as though I was in a prayerful state. I found myself envisioning the scenes that the lyrics describe. “How deep, how relevant, how moving. May God help us in staying strong and speaking the truth.” I found myself writing while thanking my wise friend and sharing the link with those whom I knew would observe this Holy day.
Speaking the truth—a concept ingrained in every religion and culture I know of the most important moral lesson taught to children, a yardstick used to measure the character of people with whom one wants to engage. It's a fundamental trait that forms the backbone of a civilized society—or at least it was. It was until our laws began punishing us for doing so! Speaking the truth became a human rights violation. Regulatory professional bodies revoke licenses, school boards fire teachers who speak the truth, and our schools implicitly, and at times explicitly, not only deceive parents but also teach children to do the same.
Even as a child, I learned the adage, "Honesty is the best policy," both at home and in school. Not anymore. Gradually, we have shifted towards teaching students from an early age to say and write what the system wants them to. We are raising a population that is dependent on receiving rewards, or even worse, avoiding punishments, for compliance, akin to a dog receiving a bone, and consequently, wagging its tail accordingly. Lies and deceits, evil and malfeasance as they are, have been legitimized and thrown in the mix therefore taking us back to, metaphorically speaking, the Middle Ages.
In our modernized dark age, people are choosing to remain silent. They do not speak up, possibly convincing themselves that they are not lying. People often claim they do not feel safe telling the truth, speaking their minds, opposing, or taking a stand. Instead, they are inclined to play along to get along, without acknowledging that doing so makes them complicit in the game. What a shame! Some have repeated the lies so many times that they have come to believe them, or at least they think they believe them. And the vicious cycle continues. As the saying goes: "All it takes for tyranny to succeed is for people of good conscience to do nothing, to say nothing, to remain silent- to lie.”
Jesus Christ spoke the truth and was crucified. There was nothing remotely safe about that! Hundreds of years later, Christians still observe this day and its significance. If only we would open our hearts and minds, we could draw strength and speak the truth, for it will always prevail.
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The values that allowed for the flourishing of Western civilization are Judeo-Christian values. Whether we call ourselves Christians or not, all of us in the West have grown up immersed in these values. Most of us take them for granted, as if they are natural and inevitable, but they are not. They were radical at the time Jesus walked the earth and they remain unique and unusual historically and geographically. I would argue that the decline of faith in God in the West is the reason that the fundamental values we cherish seem to be crumbling around us. It's very hard to defend ideas that have lost the connection to their source. I wrote about this on our Substack last month: https://pairodocs.substack.com/p/in-defence-of-the-christians
Nice. The truth will set you free. We must always prioritize truth.