Raptor Jesus is unamused; enjoys his lamb raw

Ugh. Here we go again.

FTA: Here, it's identified as a "spring" dinner, and the issue otherwise contains not a hint that some of its readers might wish to mark the spring by celebrating Jesus' triumph over death. Not even a recipe for dyed eggs or baby chick-shaped cookies graces the pages of the magazine.

Cause jesus died for the sins of cookies in the shape of infant poultry.

\Let loose the Peeps of War!

FTA:

Each passing scene on my tour confirmed the cultural obliteration of Easter - that most sacred of Christian feasts...

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

I'd wish that she would DIAF, but she'd probably come back to life in three days.

I suppose that she knows that Easter (or Eostre) is/was a Saxon fertility goddess?

I hear that there's a pro-Creationism movie out right now. Go manufacture fake Christian outrage somewhere else.

Because, as we all know, nothing of any importance to other older cultures happens on Easter weekend.

espiaboricua: FTA:

Each passing scene on my tour confirmed the cultural obliteration of Easter - that most sacred of Christian feasts...

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

Well, that's something I know most christians agree with... Easter is more important than Christmas.

/just sayin'
//recovering catholic

Don't they eat roast lamb at Passover too? Could it be that this was simply an attempt to avoid naming every spring holiday in which roast lamb is consumed (of which there have been quite a few, simply because that's when the little lambies are ready to be eaten).

FTA: More ominously still, St. Patrick's Day falls this year during Holy Week for the first time since 1940. The usual green-beer binges did not abate in honor of the solemnity of this week.

Oh no! People had beer on St. Patrick's Day! EASTER IS RUINED

espiaboricua: Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

Considering that Good Friday and Easter actually form the keystone of the entire Christian faith, and commemorate the single event upon which the entire supernatural premise of the religion stands, yeah, it's a tad more important than his birth.

I don't understand something, why does this woman think I care about her religious views or what she calls her holiday at all?

Huh? Isn't lamb a traditional thing to eat on Passover?

Or is this the Sacrificial Lamb thing?

espiaboricua: FTA:

Each passing scene on my tour confirmed the cultural obliteration of Easter - that most sacred of Christian feasts...

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth ....ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

No, not his death, but the Resurrection. It is a heck of a lot more sacred than the birth.

Don't make me correct false perceptions about Christians.

//I am recovering after all, but ignorance does no one any good.

You know, we could win this one. I mean, Christmas is a mean biatch of a war that will surely drag on for decades before we even get a chance to kill Jesus, but Easter...well, Easter is ripe for the slaughter. What does it have, bunnies? Some lightly boiled eggs? We can totally take Easter.

espiaboricua:
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

Yes, his death is more sacred than his birth.

\catholic

espiaboricua

Easter does not celebrate the death, it celebrates the resurrection. And it's obvious that the resurrection would be the most important part of the religion. Just think - I'm telling you about some guy I knew. I tell you he was born. Yeah, no kidding. I tell you he died. Totally unspectacular. I tell you three days after he died his body reanimated and he came back to life in power and glory. Yeah, that's probably the important part of the story.

Oh man was I late to the party.

espiaboricua: FTA:

Each passing scene on my tour confirmed the cultural obliteration of Easter - that most sacred of Christian feasts...

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

Let me be the first to point out that his death is indeed more important than his birth.

espiaboricua: FTA:

Each passing scene on my tour confirmed the cultural obliteration of Easter - that most sacred of Christian feasts...

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....
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Actually, at least in the Catholic faith, it is more important. I remember as seventh graders my classmates and I were really confused about this idea when the sheer gift ratio is so skewed to Xmas.

But as it was explained by Sister Agnes the point of Jesus' existence was to save mankind by dying for our sins. His birth was merely a means to an end and therefore wasn't as big a deal as his death.

Hm. Crazy logic jump. Is Esther from the story of Purim related to Eoster/Easter in origin?

I forgot to add.

Traditional Christian Easter celebrations co-opted from old pagan celebrations have long been getting obliterated. I don't remember getting toys for goodness sake, TOYS, on Easter!

And I am not old enough to be allowed to say get off my lawn.

Still, it is sad and disconcerting that the oldest and holiest of Christian festivals is simply ignored by the media (and almost everyone else), and that Christians have acquiesced to the near-disappearance of their highest feast day from public consciousness.

My feet are asleep.

This just in, all christian holy-days are rip-offs from the pagan soltice festivals, and thus just like everything else christian, plagiarised from beginning to end.

Not even a recipe for dyed eggs or baby chick-shaped cookies graces the pages of the magazine.

Recipe for dyed eggs? Here you go, lady:

Ingredients:

Eggs
Dye

Instructions:

Buy eggs
Dye them

God damn this Islamoseculofrancocommunofascist cooking magazine for not reserving half a column inch for this complicated "recipe".

Spring dinner sounds right to me since my family never cooks Lamb on Easter
/Recovering Lutheran

mofomisfit: Easter does not celebrate the death, it celebrates the resurrection. And it's obvious that the resurrection would be the most important part of the religion. Just think - I'm telling you about some guy I knew. I tell you he was born. Yeah, no kidding. I tell you he died. Totally unspectacular. I tell you three days after he died his body reanimated and he came back to life in power and glory. Yeah, that's probably the important part of the story.

Here's sort of a Catch-22 in that theology, though: you need the resurrection to drive home the deification and the "Jesus is coming back later, sinners, so watch your ass" threat, but at the same time, the resurrection and Christ's ostensible return undercut the value of the "sacrifice" that God/Jesus made.

Y'know, if this is a war... can I arrest some Christians as enemy combatants?

FTFA:Still, it is sad and disconcerting that the oldest and holiest of Christian festivals is simply ignored by the media

These 40K+ hits on Google News would like to disagree with you, wingnut.

I'm surprised the clowns at NRO would let a woman out of the kitchen long enough to write such nonsense.

meat0918: I forgot to add.

Traditional Christian Easter celebrations co-opted from old pagan celebrations have long been getting obliterated. I don't remember getting toys for goodness sake, TOYS, on Easter!

And I am not old enough to be allowed to say get off my lawn.

We used to get a couple of toys, but nothing like xmas.

\almost old enough to say GOML

I just died but I'll be back in a couple of days so I'm really getting a kick out of some of these replies.

/dumbest goddamn thing I've read so far today, and there's a lot of day left.

No worries. Three days from now, the sand will emerge from the writer's vagina and ascend to heaven.

In the religious sense, the resurrection is more important. From the vastly overblown marketing frenzy, "Holiday ^tm" is way more important. Otherwise, all those overpriced sausages and cheeses would never get purchased.

vartian: You know, we could win this one. I mean, Christmas is a mean biatch of a war that will surely drag on for decades before we even get a chance to kill Jesus, but Easter...well, Easter is ripe for the slaughter. What does it have, bunnies? Some lightly boiled eggs? We can totally take Easter.

It's like the Grenada of the Holiday Wars.

Residents of the Southern Hemisphere or Christians. Which is the bigger group?

kronicfeld

See, I was a Catholic, maybe you were/are too, but in my church it was definitely emphasized that the "sacrifice" was the torture and humiliation and crucifixion. The end point, the death, would actually be a relief at the end of the utter pain of going from most exalted man in the city to executed like a common criminal in the space of a week. So coming back isn't as much of a mitigation on the sacrifice because it wasn't leaving the mortal coil as much as the awful way in which it happened.

But that's just my take.

jbc: FTFA:Still, it is sad and disconcerting that the oldest and holiest of Christian festivals is simply ignored by the media

These 40K+ hits on Google News would like to disagree with you, wingnut.

I'm surprised the clowns at NRO would let a woman out of the kitchen long enough to write such nonsense.

Seein as how she couldn't even figure out how to boil eggs...

Hobbit Mob: espiaboricua: FTA:

Each passing scene on my tour confirmed the cultural obliteration of Easter - that most sacred of Christian feasts...

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

Let me be the first to point out that his death is indeed more important than his birth.

Crap, even as a non-church going Unitarian, I know that Easter>Christmas in Christian circles. Probably the misconception is because Christmas has been more "secularized" than Easter, so, it seems like Christmas is a bigger deal overall. But, I would say not by much, considering there are plenty of "lite" and non-christians who still do Easter bunny stuff with their kids. And there isn't really an "Easter season" like there is a "Christmas season" (at least secularly).

It's too bad that John Gibson's been thrown off the air -- he could have made a lot of hay with this.

espiaboricua: FTA:

Each passing scene on my tour confirmed the cultural obliteration of Easter - that most sacred of Christian feasts...

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

Christians love their torture porn. So much so that his death is given more attention than his deeds and teachings while alive. I can understand why. I mean, if christians actually, you know, paid attention to Jesus' message they'd have to help the poor and feed the hungry and generally treat other people like human beings instead of sitting back and judging everybody else because they don't appreciate how much we all made him suffer.

I take it back; I used to think that students were the most whiny biatches, convinced that they deserved an A because they pay for the course.

They are only second to the religious who believe everything must revolve around their own religion. For fark's sake.

/Not YOUR Country
//Not Yours

meat0918
Or is this the Sacrificial Lamb thing?

yes, Jesus is the Lamb of God and is best served roasted.
/huh?

Go Saxons! Beat Gauls!

"I was over in Australia during easter, which was intersting. Interesting to note they celebrate Easter the same way we do; commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus by telling our children a giant bunny rabbit, left chocolate eggs in the night.

Now, I wonder why we're farked up as a race, anybody? Anybody got any clues out there?

Where do you get this shiat from you know? Why those two things you know? Why not 'Goldfish left Lincoln Logs in your sock drawer' you know? As long as we're making shiat up, go hog wild you know. At least a goldfish with a Lincoln Log on it's back goin' across your floor to your sock drawer has a miraculous conotation to it.

'Mummy, I woke today and there was a Lincoln Log in me sock drawer!'.


'That's the story of Jesus'.

Who comes up with this shiat?! I've read the Bible. I can't find the words 'bunny' or 'chocolate' anywhere in that farking book".

-Bill Hicks

The old 'war on Christianity' BS again. "Wahhhh, we only dominate the religious and cultural life of America. Stop picking on us!"

Who cares, they're all doing it on the wrong day, anyway. The proper day this year is April 27th, after all. Silly heretics even get dates wrong.

patrick767: meat0918
Or is this the Sacrificial Lamb thing?

yes, Jesus is the Lamb of God and is best served roasted.
/huh?


Yep, with some Fava beans and a nice Chianti. Fptptptptptpt!

Tor_Eckman: patrick767: meat0918
Or is this the Sacrificial Lamb thing?

yes, Jesus is the Lamb of God and is best served roasted.
/huh?


Yep, with some Fava beans and a nice Chianti. Fptptptptptpt FapFapFapFapFap!

/FTFY

I too am outraged. Christians clearly have the only notable holiday in the spring. It's not as if the Jewish people celebrate one of their most sacred holidays (second or third, depending on who you ask). Or that, in the celebration of that holiday, during one of the most complex Jewish feasts of the year, it's traditional to use lamb for both food and religious purposes.

No, this is just a big finger to Christians.

I am sure this was mentioned somewhere, but you people do know that in order for Zombie Christ to die for you, he had to have been born at some point so without his birth (a tad more important) he could never have died for you.

Just saying.

/My Lord's Prayer: Dear Jesus, protect me from the crazies... you know the people that say they follow your teachings.

espiaboricua:

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo His Death is, in your opinion, more sacred than His Birth.... ooooooooooooooooooookkkkkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy....

espiaboricua! Please respond to your detractors!
Enlighten them with your insights into Christianity!