Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City probably went about as far as any reasonable person would have expected.

Because we know what foolishness lurks in the minds of socialists, however, we Christians might have good reasons to object.

Friday on the social media platform X, Mamdani marked Good Friday by calling it simply "a day of sacrifice," prompting a rebuke from Christians, including one who advised that mayor that "[i]t'd be better not to talk about it at all."

"Today, on Good Friday, we mark a day of sacrifice," Mamdani wrote. "Some New Yorkers will abstain from eating; others will spend hours without speaking. Faith, the Bible tells us, is belief in the things unseen. That belief is what will guide so many of our neighbors in solemn reflection and reverence. I wish all those observing Good Friday a blessed day of peace."

Above all, Christians on X objected to the generic celebration of "sacrifice."

"I really don't like hearing non-Christians talk about Easter as if it's some abstract allegory. It'd be better not to talk about it at all," conservative Christian commentator Allie Beth Stuckey wrote. "Good Friday isn't about sacrifice. It's about Jesus's sacrifice. God-made-flesh shed his blood on the cross for our sins, so that by grace through faith we could be forgiven and reconciled to God. Acts 4:12: 'And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.'"