Review of Religions - April 2011

 

While the emphasis is religious, Easter has become so heavily commercialised these days that the start of spring sparks supermarkets to load the aisles with Easter cards, Easter bunnies, Easter eggs, Easter bonnets, Easter foods and spring daffodils. But for many devout Christians, the real focus of Easter is on Jesus’(as) resurrection and their belief that he died on the cross, so that their own sins could be forgiven.