We share today’s Facebook post by Oleksii Arestovych with you:
– Today is Easter.
Back in the day, I started out as a militant atheist and was proud to be an atheist:
– to have the courage to live and rejoice in this senseless world, while the pathetic and cowardly believers seek solace in imaginary fables.
And of course, to make fun of them better, I decided to research these fictional fairy tales.
So I discoveres that in this world under the moon, there is nothing more terrifying in its realism, in its vast knowledge about man and life, than these fairy tales.
The Gospel demonstrates such an unrelenting truth about man, such a penetrating knowledge of man’s nature, both trivial and great, that no skepticism of atheists can even remotely compare to the skepticism of “… these fables.”
I believe because I’m a skeptic. And a critic.
Such a skeptic and critic that I only found a resonance in faith to match the extent of my disbelief.
Contrary to popular belief, the mind does not seek knowledge.
The mind seeks doubt.
What does he doubt?
Yes, the plot in the inner sense of artistic correctness.
The gut feeling of the truth of the plot breaks like a light through all the conviction of skepticism, which is that the ideal does not exist, and if it does, it will not be fulfilled.
Passover is the climax of the story.
Realism here: betrayal, meanness, agony, death, renunciation, collapse.
On idealism: great hope and great joy – the main thing for man and humanity.
It is generally accepted that courage is the opposite of fear.
But it isn’t.
Courage, masculinity, bravery, endurance – these are the tools for dealing with fear.
The opposite of fear is joy.
Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why miserable, crushed, frightened (real) people – the apostles, who were so broken after the crucifixion that they were afraid to approach the tomb, after the Passover begin to demonstrate miracles of endurance and courage that surpass the courage of kamikazes.
Historically proven miracles.
They learned something. They experienced something.
And it is clear that the magnitude of this joy was such that it was enough for them to climb the cross after that.
The very feeling of eternal horror before non-existence gives evidence that something eternal exists.
A lot of people are scared these days. Death is no joke, but a black paralyzing shadow, the size of half the world, crawling over the soul.
Today, each of us has our own Calvary.
In fact, it happens every day, but in the days of the earthly life, a person does not always notice it.
And it is in the collision with death, with Calvary, that it becomes clear how great a person you are. Also every day.
So Easter is the day when a Man conquered death. The day when it was confirmed that the joy of life is stronger than the fear of death. And this is the main condition of existence.
We need a victory like this every day, but those who don’t remember it when all is safe, let them remember it today at least.
I want you to know, to experience the essence of the Easter story.
– There is no such thing as eternal death.
Our dead will meet us in heaven. And we embrace them, in eternal life, there – already for eternity.
There is no eternal death. There is a meeting.
And eternal life is in the resurrection of Christ.
Source: Олексій Арестович | Facebook
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