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09 Apr 2004 06:18:22 AM |
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Easter Bunny Whipped by Church Group |
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,116560,00.html
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| User: "Phÿltêr" |
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| Title: Re: Easter Bunny Whipped by Church Group |
09 Apr 2004 09:34:47 AM |
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"computeruser" <cyrano.69.@communist.bastards.go.away> astounded us with:
news:40768662$0$52153$a0465688@nnrp.fuse.net:
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,116560,00.html
GLASSPORT, Pa. — A church trying to teach about the crucifixion of Jesus
performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking
eggs, upsetting several parents and young children.
People who attended Saturday's performance at Glassport's memorial stadium
quoted performers as saying, "There is no Easter bunny," and described the
show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified.
Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was
inappropriate for young children.
"He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped," Salzmann
said.
Patty Bickerton, the youth minister at Glassport Assembly of God (search),
said the performance wasn't meant to be offensive. Bickerton portrayed the
Easter rabbit and said she tried to act with a tone of irreverence.
"The program was for all ages, not just the kids. We wanted to convey that
Easter is not just about the Easter bunny, it is about Jesus Christ,"
Bickerton said.
Performers broke eggs meant for an Easter egg hunt and also portrayed a
drunken man and a self-mutilating woman, said Jennifer Norelli-Burke,
another parent who saw the show in Glassport, a community about 10 miles
southeast of Pittsburgh.
"It was very disturbing," Norelli-Burke said. "I could not believe what I
saw. It wasn't anything I was expecting."
Once again, it paints a picture of "christians" showing sensitivity to
other persuasions. LOL!
--
Phÿltêr
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
http://afjc.clickhalah.com/forum/index.php
Change "freeway" to "hotmail" to respond
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Easter Bunny Whipped by Church Group |
09 Apr 2004 05:27:37 PM |
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On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 14:34:47 +0000 in episode
<Xns94C6E67EFEE4CSmeagolsbane@192.189.54.177> we saw our hero "Phÿltêr"
<Phÿltêr@freeway.com>:
"computeruser" <cyrano.69.@communist.bastards.go.away> astounded us with:
news:40768662$0$52153$a0465688@nnrp.fuse.net:
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,116560,00.html
GLASSPORT, Pa. — A church trying to teach about the crucifixion of Jesus
performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and
breaking eggs, upsetting several parents and young children.
<SNIP>
And they wonder why I think christians are generally insane...
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Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism,
because it is a merger of State and corporate power."
- Mussolini
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Easter Bunny Whipped by Church Group |
11 Apr 2004 06:51:40 PM |
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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:18:22 -0400, "computeruser"
<cyrano.69.@communist.bastards.go.away>, Message ID:
<40768662$0$52153$a0465688@nnrp.fuse.net> wrote in alt.atheism;
Isn't Christian love, compassion, and empathy so 'warming?'
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,116560,00.html
Easter Bunny Whipped by Pa. Church Group
Thursday, April 08, 2004
GLASSPORT, Pa. — A church trying to teach about the crucifixion of
Jesus performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and
breaking eggs, upsetting several parents and young children.
People who attended Saturday's performance at Glassport's memorial
stadium quoted performers as saying, "There is no Easter bunny," and
described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified.
Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program
was inappropriate for young children.
"He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped," Salzmann
said.
Patty Bickerton, the youth minister at Glassport Assembly of God
(search), said the performance wasn't meant to be offensive. Bickerton
portrayed the Easter rabbit and said she tried to act with a tone of
irreverence.
"The program was for all ages, not just the kids. We wanted to convey
that Easter is not just about the Easter bunny, it is about Jesus
Christ," Bickerton said.
Performers broke eggs meant for an Easter egg hunt and also portrayed a
drunken man and a self-mutilating woman, said Jennifer Norelli-Burke,
another parent who saw the show in Glassport, a community about 10 miles
southeast of Pittsburgh.
"It was very disturbing," Norelli-Burke said. "I could not believe what
I saw. It wasn't anything I was expecting."
(c) 2004 Fox News
Stoney
"Designated Rascal and Rapscallion
and
SCAMPERMEISTER!"
When in doubt, SCAMPER about!
When things are fair, SCAMPER everywhere!
When things are rough, can't SCAMPER enough!
/end humour alert
alt.atheism military veteran #11
{so much for the 'no atheists in foxholes' rubbish}
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| User: "M C" |
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| Title: Re: Easter Bunny Whipped by Church Group |
09 Apr 2004 07:43:35 PM |
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Sounds like the passion of Buggs Bunny to me.
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