Christians outraged over "Easter-less" eggs....

[Virginia Dare]

This would be laughable, except it is clear that there will be another generation of ignorant theocrats in this country: argh:

Angry callers flooded Lake Accotink Park's phone lines earlier this month after an editorial in a local newspaper scolded the Springfield park for not promoting Saturday's Spring Egg Hunt as an Easter activity. The April 15 event also featured children sitting for photos with the park's Spring Bunny.


http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=16509608&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=511694&rfi=6:

[July]

1. Because the Easter Bunny says "Christianity" like nothing else? nt

[ET Awful]

2. SImple response . . . ask those "Christians" where in the Bible it

references decorated eggs and bunnies in conjunction with the holiday they're allegedly celebrating.

[Xenotime]

39. Easter bunny is a secular (non-christian) symbol...

So, those who ban the bunny as a christian symbol are ignorant. Those who defend the bunny as a christian symbol are ignorant. It just goes to show how many people know very little about the world in which they live.

[Memory Container]

3. Well gee, it says right there in the Bible that;

"and Jesus, upon his ressurection laid eggs upon the ground for the children."
Why do people persecute Christians so?

[Norquist Nemesis]

20. LOL!

[notadmblnd]

34. Thanks for that

all this time I thought it was for fear of Jesus coming back and wanting all the eggs. The verse in my book reads

And upon the 3 day angles appeared upon the rock and exclaimed
Jesus lives! Hide the eggs!

BTW...I got by book from the "Mind of Mencia"

[Memory Container]

40. LOL!

That was great.

[depakid]

4. Do these people even know who Easter is?

She's the Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility. Dumb ass Virginians.

[LostinVA]

17. It's a TOTALLY pagan holiday

Okay, I know Christmas is, too... but Easter just SCREAMS "Sex Sex Sex" (in a fertility sense).

Next they'll be pissed about a Jesus-less Beltane... (they so better not mess up my favorite Pagan day of the year!)

[depakid]

18. I know!

Rabbits, eggs and Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos...

or whatever you call her. Crikey!

I just don't understand these people. They really have become some kind of twisted over the past 25 years. My pet theory on why: Because liberals, progressives and sensible conservatives didn't ridicule them and keep them on the fringe. Instead- and this includes a lot of mainstream Dems- they legitimized them- and gave equal credence to their whacked out -and often pathological views. And so now they've spread- beacuse they're easy-

Hence, they now stand shoulder to shoulder with science, common sense and reason.

[Virginia Dare]

19. They are programmed to accept orders from their fascist masters....

the Washington Times wrote an inflammatory editorial and published the telephone number to the park. The good little Nazi wannabes did what they were told to do.

[kestrel91316]

32. Yep. Eostara.

[rodeodance]

5. the 'Spring Bunny"---now that is a hoot --taking it just too far for me.

[moose65]

6. Oh gimme a break!

Don't these people have anything better to do than look around searching for reasons to be offended? Geez. Maybe the park should educate them all on the origin of the word "Easter"! LOL

BTW, Va. Dare... are you in NC or VA? See ya!

[Virginia Dare]

9. I'm in VA....n/t

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[Arugula Latte]

22. What's wrong with "winter break?"

Seriously, why should Jews have to call it "Christmas Break." (BTW, I'm not Jewish). There are lots of holidays crammed into a couple weeks (including New Year's) -- I think "Winter Break" is a perfectly good, descriptive name.

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[Virginia Dare]

38. Just a point of fact....

This particular Park had always called it the "Spring egg hunt", they didn't switch anything.

[dogday]

7. Nothing says multi-colored eggs

like Jesus Christ... you got to be kidding me....

[seabeyond]

8. for clarity. the fundmentalist i know dont want the eggs and bunny

they dont allow it. they dont allow santa and reindeers either. they boycott the bunny and santa like they say others are going after christmas and easter. so the callers about eggs, arent in line with their fellow persecuted fundamentalist christian.

[Virginia Dare]

11. True, but this was a sh*t storm stirred up by the Washington Times...

..and they certainly have a right to boycott it, but jamming the tax-payer funded Park's phone lines, at the behest of a "news"paper is way out of line. Personally I think next year the Park ought to cancel the thing altogether.

[Bridget Burke]

25. And don't even mention Halloween!!!

I believe Jack Chick has explained the evils of that holiday.

[Zynx]

26. At least that doesn't coincide with a Holy Day.

[Bridget Burke]

35. It coincides with All Saints' Day & All Souls' Day....

But those holidays are mostly Catholic--so true Fundamentalists do not consider them CHRISTIAN holidays.

And it coincides with El Dia de los Muertos. But that's Mexican--so it's even worse.

[seabeyond]

30. kids in christian school. NOOOOOO halloween, but i had a coffee

mug that was hallloween with ghosts. kids gave to me. for years i would carry that into the school as i talked to teachers, parents, adm without a thought to bad halloween. when i finally realized what i was doing, and no one challenged, i laughed and continued to use that evil mug


yip.... no no to halloween too. would tell kids. family gathering, happy, laughter, fun, candy,... saying hi to al the neighborhood, giving and saying poo poo to satin in love and family. how in the world could god have issue with that.

[displacedtexan]

10. As a child, the "Easter" Bunny confused me...

... until my mother explained that it had nothing to
do with Jesus and was a celebration of Spring.

She always sang an honest lullaby.

IMHO, the kids at the "Spring" Egg Hunt
won't be confused about the "Easter" Bunny.

[azurnoir]

12. Because the Fundies would

rather have been outraged about the "Paganising" of Easter, even they know the Christan Martyr routine is getting thin.

[unblock]

13. nothing says "easter" like a pagan fertility symbol....

[Arugula Latte]

23. Right. The "Spring Bunny" is actually a more accurate name, IMO.

Birth/spring/fertility -- symbolized by baby bunnies, chicks, and eggs -- now that's something to celebrate. Christianity co-opted those celebrations.

[SmokingJacket]

14. They should just face it: bunnies and eggs are the PAGAN part

of the celebration.

My family isn't Christian, but we like the colored egg hunt -- it's symbolic of Spring to us.

No one's stopping them from going to church and celebrating the resurrection however they want -- why are they trying to stop other people from celebrating how they want to?

[Ian David]

15. My favorite part of Easter is when Jesus hides the Easter Eggs

The hard part is, the eggs keep falling through the holes in his hands.

[rucky]

21. I understand the resurrection part,

but how did Jesus get that bunny to poop colored eggs?

[Saphire]

28. that'd be part of the "miracle"

[LeftHander]

24. Pagans outraged at Christian's usurping spring celebration....nt

[Saphire]

27. Easter according to my son " Quick, hide the eggs, Jesus is coming"

[DUHandle]

29. I will grow a beard and dress as Jesus

and the children can have their pictures taken me.

Only $25.00!!!

[gauguin57]

31. Aw, now, let's put this behind us so the Freepers can gear up for war on .

... cinco de mayo

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1617052/posts

[kestrel91316]

33. I say TAKE THE JESUS OUT OF EASTER!

Easter is a pagan holiday and has nothing to do with Christ. The "christians" need to call their festival of resurrection something else.

Easter/bunnies/chicks and ducklings/eggs/spring - all part of an ancient pagan celebration known as EASTER.

Jesus crashed the party.......

[LeftHander]

37. I say TAKE THE EGGS OUT OF JESUS!

ewwwwww......