The radio commercials were loud and proud. "Easter like you never celebrated before" or something like that. According to the Seattle Times, Qwest Field Events Center, "a place more accustomed to Boat shows than religious ceremonies was turned into a giant revival with rock bands, football players, go go dancers, well maybe not go go dancers but they might have felt right at home. The Seattle Times described itAlong the way, the Christian Faith Center has developed a worship service that features a rock band with a brass section, a large children's choir and an adult choir of hundreds headlined by soloists who on Sunday strutted across the stage like contestants in a Christian version of "American Idol."
Pastor Treat told the audience it cost "hundreds of thousands" of dollars to pull off the Easter event.
The first hour of the service was punctuated by musical numbers heralding Jesus, dramatic lighting and dry-ice-induced fog spilling over the stage.
Hmm hundreds of thousand of dollars for an Easter Service, isn't there anything better they could do with a few hundred grand, like hungry people. This is not a shot at Christianity as all religions have their excesses. But when a church promotes Saun Alexander as being at the church, you think "Isn't God supposed to be the star of the show?"
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I totally agree and would much rather attend a quiet and peaceful Easter Sunrise service.
Here's a case where life imitates art -- in this case the Vegas style campy musical number in Reefer Madness featuring a singing dancing Jesus augmented with over the top showgirls. I assume the Seattle production included a re-creation of the resurrection complete with dry ice.
It looks like that is in the picture.
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