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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:35 PM Original message |
What the fuck does a bunny have to do with Jesus? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why do we know what day the guy was born but can't figure out why day he died |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
59. Jesus wasn't born on December 25 that's for sure. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bill Hicks' take on the subject: |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. thanks |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I love Bill Hicks |
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BeachBaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, as an agnostic/atheist here...... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Is it a shitbunny? |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. I believe Eddie Izzard has the definitive answer on this question |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. egggggssssxactly! |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I always defer to the great Izzard for the answers to life's little mysteries |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. "You all just look at me like, look! He's doing the big arms thing!" |
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Sweet Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Pagan Origins of the Easter Bunny |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Thanks for posting that... |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. That's exactly how it happened |
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Sweet Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. You're welcome. /nt |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Thanks Dist22dem, |
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Sweet Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I've heard the Easter formula before, but |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. That's how I explain a few unexplainable |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Easter is actually a totally Pagan holiday |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Ah. and see I always thought of it as a totally chocolate holiday. |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. I got my Czech Absinthe Chocolates again... |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. I always wondered why Jesus was mixed up in my favorite holidays... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Jesus had a pet bunny who chased the snakes out of Ireland. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That's greatness... |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Absolutely nothing |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Ayup. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. that is in fact a DEVIL BUNNY |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. This: |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. pft! |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. WHERE did you get that!!! |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. That was from The Onion, I believe (as is the one below). |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm sure you've been given all sort of histories of Easter.. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. OMFG |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Christopher Moore has the answer |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Paulie -- The Passover Parrot |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Acculturation |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. Lo!!! On the third day, Jesus aroseth and spaketh |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Already? Pssst... Easter is on March 23rd. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm with you, but it isn't so early for Easter stuff to be out |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. spring and renewal? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. A guy nail to a cross isn't cuddly hence not marketable |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bunny = co-opt the pagans |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
36. Ironic that you use the word 'fuck' there. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
37. An Orthodox Catholic friend in the Ukraine e-mailed me about this today... |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. I thought about that at the grocery store last week after I toked up too, lol. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #38 |
69. greatness... |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. what does killing someone... |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. it's not the killing, it's the rebirth |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. my post was a joke. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. well, you can't make an omelet without |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. ... |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. As Dwight Schrute said: |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
64. That's the punchline to the joke: "why does the easter bunny hide his eggs?" |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. Well, I've heard |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. The real story of the "Easter Bunny" was best told by South Park |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #43 |
61. That's my FAVORITE South Park |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #43 |
70. I totally forgot that episode |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
45. It's a rite of spring! We're all s'posed to fuck like bunnies! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. I finally figured it out. Try this... (seriously) |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. Jesus was a buck-toothed rabbit? |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. Since people already answered it for you |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. Jesus is really Zeus' Jewish kid... |
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MassLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
54. because bunnies are simply divine! |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
55. It's a co-opted from a pagan holiday. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
57. well, bunnies, eggs, and resurrected sky gods are all about the renewal of Spring |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
62. Bunnies Have to Do With Easter--Which the Catholic Church Perverted |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
63. the Equinox is on the 20th this year and Easter the 23rd |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
65. Even the name "Easter" is pagan - |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
66. It goes like this... |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
68. Easter was originally a pagan holiday. The goddess Oestara had a rabbit as her companion. |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
71. Easter is much like Christmas... |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
72. Usual Christian theft of a perfectly good pagan festival |
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