txlovely

Unbelievable. I'm glad I wasn't one of the parents in the audience or I probably would have wanted to beat the minister.

Thoughts anyone?

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kutulu

When my wife was young, her parents became born agains, joining the ASG. Lucky for them, they left after about 5 years. From the stories she told me, they are a scary church. This story doesn't surprise me one bit. When she was about 7, they locked the kids her age in a dark room and made them listen to "satanic" metal to scare them away from it.

mingusfingers

Haha. Who thought that one up. Kind of weird.

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Being forced to listen to thrash/satan/speed metal constitutes child abuse in my book...


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kutulu

lol, what you call child abuse, I'd call exposing them to true mucisianship. None of the bands that everyone was all pissed on at in the 80s were actually satanic anyways.

I call being forced to listen to Jimmy Buffet or country music child abuse.

World's King

At what point in your life do you start to think that beating up the Easter Bunny in front of kids is a good religious message?


"See little Timmy, the Easter Bunny is being killed for our sins. It's kind of like how we celebrate Christmas cause it's Santa Clause's birthday. Now run along and give oral pleasure to another 12yr old in the parking lot."

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Fremen

Those bastards should be ashamed of themselves.

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sixate

That's a rather kind way of puting it.
I think it's best that I keep my opinion to myself.

Fremen, funny pic. How long do you think it's gonna take for some people to bitch?

kutulu

That pic is so sad.. but it really fits the topic.

Fremen

Let 'em bitch. It's less people bitching about what kind of programming I listen to.

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i usually get dumbfounded by most acts of religious intent. not an exception.

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StormBerlin

I've seen the pic before, and I think it's kinda funny. It helps that you can tell it's road kill and doesn't look like Sixate beat it to death.

As far as the article is concerned, I thought that was humerous as well, although I did feel bad for the kid who was asking why the bunny was being whipped. The easter bunny doesn't really have anything to do with Christ being crucified. He's scarred for life.

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JStrider

reminds me a lot of the church run haunted house here... they advertised it like a regular haunted house but when they got there it had a depiction of a guy getting shot, a girl getting an abortion, and a drunk driver going thru a windshield... then after that you get to go see those people begging for forgiveness and being rejected and sent to hell...

heres a link from the school paper about it... http://www.universitydaily.net/vnews...9?in_archive=1

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analog

*Applauds*

YES!

As far as the article goes, some people are majorly fucked in the head, and that's really all that this boils down to for me.

raeanna74

This is a lack of common sense really. Children especially younger don't understand symbolism that well without it being explained outright and there's often a lot of room for error even then. I personally don't really understand the message they could even be trying to get across besides the violence that the crucifixion portrays. How could the kids even possibly glean a meaningful message anyway?

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Yet another reason why I don't participate in any religion.

Strange Famous

I think you have to admit the image of the Easter Bunny being flogged is kind of amusing?

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H12

That is very pathetic symbolism; when you have to whip down a rabbit right before Easter in front of children, something is wrong.

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Phaenx

I remember my cousin doing a skit at church one time that involved beating the easter bunny to death to a christian metal song that said the easter bunny didn't exist. Everyone got pissed and some kid cried.

I lololo'ed for so many reasons. "lol, nerds. lol, everyones pissed, LOL CRYING KID!!"

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txlovely

Indeed. The same people who thought this was okay were the ones who took their small children to see Passion of the Christ. Talk about scarred for life...

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filtherton

It is idiotic that this church thought that this program was a good idea. Still, it is a little silly to use this as a means of condemning all religions.

Macheath

What is it with some of these religions and "righteous" extreme violence? It's like some kind of FETISH.

CinnamonGirl

So...Easter isn't about the Bunny, but he still gets a spot in the Easter show?

Riiiiight....

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qtpye4u84

Easter is not just about the Easter bunny, it is about Jesus Christ. Well, that is true and they can talk about but they should not do some thing like that!!!
My church still had easter egg hunts when I was younger and they still do.

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Reminds me of the movie "Mallrats"...

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freman, love the pic. That's a funny sense of humor.......

As far as the beating goes....just one more reason I don't waste my time with religion.

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While it's not fair to lump all religion into one beleaguered group, based on the actions of a few asshole fundamentalists...I find myself doing the same thing. Yeah, I've added this to my list of why fundies are not worth my time. Were it my child, however, that minister could look forward to paying for years of intense psychological counseling.

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bparker805

I cant wait for the story to come out in December, when they have the show that beats the crap out of Santa.

SabrinaFair

My brother told me about this and I couldn't help but giggle. I mean, it's horrible, but it's hillarious from a "Why would this EVER be a good idea" perspective.

Now the image of that haunted house JStrider mentioned is going to give me nightmares...that's sick, IMHO.

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glasscutter43

Shouldn't be a problem. The rabbit's tits aren't showing.

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