Dear abby: easter and apostasy

[lemonsharks]

DEAR ABBY: Easter is a day to be thankful for Christ that our sins are forgiven. Opinionated atheists at the dinner table distract from the meaning of the celebration. Is it wrong on Easter Sunday to exclude relatives who no longer practice the Christian faith? — SAVED IN MINNESOTA

DEAR SAVED: Before making up your mind, ask yourself, “What would Jesus do?”

Comments

[ambyr]

The tone here is terrible, but I . . . don't think there's anything wrong with not inviting people who don't follow your faith to your religious events? I am Jewish, my partner is not; by mutual consent I don't bring him to my family's Seder, because he would be incredibly uncomfortable being expected to join in prayers he didn't believe in, and our Seder is not a secular event. If LW wants to have a religious Eastern meal, LW should knock themselves out, and get together with atheist relatives on different occasions.

[minoanmiss]

Oh, I don't think anyone disagrees with the idea that the LW should invite whom they want to their own shindig. I think we're all snerking at their awful reasons why. Right for the wrong reasons and all that.

(FWIW -- this is not a criticism of you and your partner's decisions at all -- I'm not Jewish and I have been honored and delighted to be invited to Seders by the Jewish people in my life.)