[BeaverFever]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

I don't have problems with kids being advertised about an easter egg hunt; as discussed above, its become a pretty secular activity regardless of recent christian adaptation (much of the 'holiday' dates back to pagan times).

I do however have concerns about any church, mosque, synagogue, temple, business, etc. advertising or promoting their events in schools. I don't think schools should be in the captive advertising business.

It's an easter egg hunt, not the Passion of St. Matthew.



... a grip, please.

As I said, I don't have a problem with the easter egg hunt. But I don't think schools should be handing out an oustide orgnization's flyers or advertisements to its kids, period.

[Benn]

andyt andyt:

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For Christians, the Easter egg is symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Blah blah blah

Not in my Church. As mentioned, much of it dates back pagan times and any part related to that. I don't count at part of my religion.

Anyone claiming eggs and hunting are symbolic of Christ resurrection is ridiculous. Like tying Santa into the religion side of Christmas.

Christ died on the cross for sins. End of story. Eggs are a fun game for the kids, I don't care who says otherwise.

[Benn]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

Easter eggs like the Christmas tree predate the holidays they were incorporated into. Even the word Easter is derived from an old pagan goddess of the dawn

Exactly. Came before in some form henceforth any skewing of it to fit into the Christian story and history of the day is sacrilege meant to help people buy into the religion.

[Benn]

andyt andyt:

I wonder how the Christian parents would react if an Iranian Mosque sent flyers to the school inviting kids to paint eggs for Nowruz?

I would not care. If they had questions we'd discuss it. Sheltering kids form other religion breeds ignorance and intolerance so why hide your kids from them is they way I see it.

As mentioned by others though none of it should be done through the schools.

[andyt]

Ok, those are your beliefs. Other people see it differently. I'm surprised strict Christians hunt eggs (pagan symbols of fertility) and call it Easter (named after Eoestre, a pagan Goddess) at all, since many Christians believe paganism is evil. Not caring that other people see it differently than you doesn't make your opinion more valid than theirs. I don't believe Christ died on the cross for my sins, since I wasn't born a sinner. He wasted his death if that was really his message. I don't care who says otherwise. See how it works?

[andyt]

Benn Benn:

andyt andyt:

I wonder how the Christian parents would react if an Iranian Mosque sent flyers to the school inviting kids to paint eggs for Nowruz?

I would not care. If they had questions we'd discuss it. Sheltering kids form other religion breeds ignorance and intolerance so why hide your kids from them is they way I see it.

As mentioned by others though none of it should be done through the schools.

Totally agree with all of this, especially paragraph one.

I'm going to let my post above stand, but I see by your second post that you are not as convinced that your pov is the only right way as I took from your first post. I wish people with strong religious beliefs could all be more tolerant of other views.

[martin14]

andyt andyt:

I wish people with strong religious beliefs could all be more tolerant of other views.

[Freakinoldguy]

And in a completely shocking turn of events.

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EASTER BUNNY CONVERTS TO ISLAM

Littletown, Oklahoma – In a total shock to this local community, Easter Bunny converted to Islam on Good Friday of 2009. Easter Bunny is no more, his new name is Eastern Abu Arnab. He kept the ‘easter-n’ because Islam is an Eastern religion as he saw this as something in common between Christianity and Islam.

“It’s a hard decision to make,” the bunny said. “Most feel they have a call from God. But I was just tired of laying eggs, you have no idea how painful that is for a male rabbit.” Complaining about long boring hours at the mall, the bunny was also relieved that he no longer has to appear in the parties, and his eggs will no longer be hidden.

Some members of the community blamed it on the Obama administration. “McCain would have never tolerated this,” said Marie Whiterace, “McCain would have carpet bombed all rabbit holes and rightfully so.”

When asked about future plans, Easter Bunny (Abu Arnab) said that he’ll be doing dawa work, looking for a siwak that fits rabbit teeth, and changing his diet to include halal carrots. He also hinted at working with Santa to convert him to Islam. “It should be easy for him, he already got the beard and the turban going,” said the bunny.

http://figtribune.wordpress.com/2009/04 ... -to-islam/

[llama66]

Unbelievable, and of course we have no culture and are bigots when we make a comment about Eid.

[GreenTiger]

andyt andyt:

I wonder how the Christian parents would react if an Iranian Mosque sent flyers to the school inviting kids to paint eggs for Nowruz?

Why not? We live in melting pot cultures where we take the best from a lot of cultures.

I'm sure there are a number of very positive things in Islam that may seep into our cultures.

[andyt]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

I'm sure there are a number of very positive things in Islam that may seep into our cultures.

Oh no you di'int.

[BartSimpson]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

I don't have problems with kids being advertised about an easter egg hunt; as discussed above, its become a pretty secular activity regardless of recent christian adaptation (much of the 'holiday' dates back to pagan times).

I do however have concerns about any church, mosque, synagogue, temple, business, etc. advertising or promoting their events in schools. I don't think schools should be in the captive advertising business.

Yet the schools are in the captive advertising business. The kids are legally captive and subjected to both government and union advocacy efforts and, in some cases, are even subjected to corporate advertising.

A church promoting a harmless Easter egg hunt is no more a big deal than the Dearborn schools promoting Islam:

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In Dearborn, Mich., schools offer students the option of eating hot dogs and chicken nuggets made with meat that has been slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law. The Dearborn district, where at least 1 in 3 students is of Middle Eastern descent – some of which are Muslim – also schedules two days off during the Islamic holiday of Ramadan.

[andyt]

Nothing wrong with a school accommodating students dietary needs.

The second part has to stop tho. I mean the school would be shut down half the time if all religions got their days off. It shows that the happy holidays crowd actually has a point of secularizing the holidays so that each religion doesn't claim their right to their religious holidays.

We've chosen to build secular societies with freedom of religion for all. Now we have to deal with it when that really gets put to the test with other religions coming in. Or we could go back to a theocracy like where many of the Muslims come from. I like our way better, even if it causes some ruffled feathers.

[Zipperfish]

Thanos Thanos:

Given that Islam had a complete lack of humour or any sense of fun in it, it'd probably be the perfect religion for Andy to join.

[BartSimpson]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

Thanos Thanos:

Given that Islam had a complete lack of humour or any sense of fun in it, it'd probably be the perfect religion for Andy to join.

Politically correct leftism is also a philosophy that is utterly devoid of humor, I suppose for the principle reason that people like me tend to mock and make fun of leftards.