[lit-ideas] Re: value of religion
- From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:39:30 -0400
That was hilarious. Thanks.
stuck at work,
Erin
Quoting JulieReneB@xxxxxxx:
> Here, Geary -- you'll like this one....
> Actors Whip Easter Bunny at Church Show
> Thu Apr 8,11:08 AM ET
>
> GLASSPORT, Pa. - First, the Passion of the Christ. Now, the torment of the
> Easter Bunny?
>
> It may not have been as gruesome as Mel Gibson's movie, but many parents and
>
> children got upset when a church trying to teach about Jesus' crucifixion
> performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking
> eggs.
> People who attended Saturday's show 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, 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."
> Click here: Yahoo! News - Actors Whip Easter Bunny at Church Show
>
>
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