On Easter Sunday an image appeared on social media that seemed to sum up Christianity in the 21st century. It showed a statue of the Risen Christ, dressed in a flowing white garment, with his right arm raised in a gesture of victory, the mark of Crucifixion visible on his left hand. His robe was spattered with blood, great clots of it as well as small specks, freshly shed that very morning. The statue stands in one of the three churches in Sri Lanka targeted by suicide bombers on what should have been the most joyful day of the year.
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on easter sunday an image appeared on social media that seemed to sum up christianity in the 21st century. it showed a statue of the risen c...
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