03-21-2005, 10:58 PM
OAS Wrote:The Easter Bunny isn't a fascinating or interesting magical story. In fact, all you have to know about the Easter Bunny is right there in it's name. It's a fucking bunny that comes around during Easter, and parents blame this fucking bunny for leaving all sorts of candy (or SUVs, entertainment systems, and actual gifts for you rich people), and the kids could really give a shit about the bunny. And certianly, it's not much of a fucking bunny if it walks around on two legs and works in the mall. There is absolutely no explanation for how of why the Easter bunny leaves shit. I could buy the story that the Easter bunny shits jelly beans when it eats plastic grass, and that would solve why the fuck I leave baskets out.Quote:Now, the other thing, someone please explain to me how exactly the Religious Right is "getting out of control" when the religious aspect of Easter is dropped? When the holiday, much like Xmas, started as the holiest of holy days to celebrate their Supreme Lord and Master becomes bastardized and celebrated for something completely different, and completely removes all mention of what the thing was started for initially?
Don't even get me started on this crap. The legend of Santa grew from the legend of Saint Nicholas. It has religious roots all around it. Yes it got commercialized to death in a major part due to television but so what? And give me a break with the fucking Easter Bunny. What is so wrong with creating a mythical tale about a bunny that celebrates spring? Easter has always been associated with the arrival of spring. Must we spend more time telling little children that the Jews turned against their own out of fear for their survival and drove the Romans to drive nails through the hands and feet of their savior and allowed him to die an agonizing death on the cross? I think children have plenty of time to grow up and learn the truth of their religion. In the mean time, I find nothing wrong with the tale of the Easter Bunny or other magical tales that excite the senses and imagination of children.
Our society doesn't want religion in anything, including religious holidays. People don't want to be reminded that they are all sinners, and that they don't have time to go to church, or even believe in it.
Religion is too much of a burden. Seriously, if the Vatican did the right kind of marketing, they could like make a totally hip version of Catholicsm.