When I told someone the other day that "rabbits" don't lay "eggs" I was informed they weren't eggs. I was concerned that hopping rabbits hardly seemed an appropriate way to commemorate Christ's Savage Death and voiced my doubts – especially after the chocolate owls I received last year. Honestly, what has this got to do with Jesus? It sounds more like Enid Blyton's f
ictional universe, a nightmare world if ever there was one.
From the words alone you might think, "Well, it's only a story." The picture reveals a demonic influence at work where wizards are normal and incantations the way to get things done. Is that what The Bible teaches? I don't think so!
Secular influence has undergone function creep. By associating decorative eggs with Easter they are associated with Jesus and from there it's a small step to identify Jesus as some sort of wizard. "He died to set you free," I said. "He has nothing to do with pixies, fairies, elves or Woffles."
There are all sorts of chocolate animals going around at this time of the year, something for everyone. White and brown, filled with marzipan or minced hazelnuts or that raspberry liqueur (which is actually quite nice in a trifle) just so long as no-one thinks about the punishment they were born deserving and the sacrifice made by God because He loves us. I was utterly revolted when this abomination came to my attention:
Chocolate road-kill. It starts off with an enchanted wood, whispering trees and pixies. Next we got a dreadful "school" for witches where they learned spells and no doubt curses for invisibility, where to find demons and how to worship idols, all dressed up as harmless f
iction when obviously it isn't. Jesus is not a wizard. He never performed spells or did enchantments and is not a made-up jigsaw monster like the Snoogle. He has no association with chocolate anything and He is definitely not road-kill.