Let's face it.  Humans are strange.  We all have different viewpoints.  We all have different lifestyles.  We all have different likes and dislikes.

That's why when I hear that something is actually offensive to someone that is completely benign to me I become intrigued.

This weekend I learned that some people are offended by.....Easter Eggs.

Seriously?

Apparently there are a few people attending my church who don't want Easter eggs or bunnies on the church bulletin board.  After all there is a daycare there so we should probably make sure that we don't scare those attending with these atrocities.

After all, you can't be a good Christian and like the Easter Bunny....or can you?

It's your prerogative if you don't want to explore the wonders of fantasy with your children.  If you want to eliminate the Easter Bunny from your kids life...who am I to stop you. 

But let's be clear...you don't get to eliminate the Easter Bunny from my kids life. 

I'm fine with a spring bulletin board that has flowers on it.  It can stay up longer and makes for less work.  But I also remember a time when churches held egg hunts and communities gathered there in camaraderie.

My grandfather used to spend hours decorating eggs, which he would have blessed.  Sometimes he delivered his egg-artwork to shuts in and hospitalized.  Guess what--they weren't offended.

It's true...the egg is a pagan symbol of rebirth and maybe it doesn't have a place on a church bulletin board.  But I can tell you this, if it somehow ended up on one, it wouldn't offend me at all.

And perhaps it shouldn't.