Comments on: Young Brits clueless about Easter

By: uzza

uzza — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:02:52 +0000

Jesus and Mo is on it

By: remigius

remigius — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:11:42 +0000

Wurble. So one of you thinks he looks like a religious nutter, the other thinks he looks like an overpaid retard in silly clothing who only works one day a week.

I’d call it a draw!

By: Alun

Alun — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:02:26 +0000

This atheist isn’t knocking easter.

I always make a few bob out of the xians about this time of year.

The tat is in the shops now. Run! Run!

By: Wurble

Wurble — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:35:50 +0000

I reckon this Dean looks a bit like Iranian presidant and all round general fuckwit Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But my Mrs reckons David Beckham.

By: Wurble

Wurble — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:31:58 +0000

My kids know exactly what Easter is all about. Eating as much chocolate as you can without throwing up!

As for the resurrection. Jebus knew he was the bosses son and that when he sacrificed himself he would be brought back to life, so he has a kip in a cave for 3 days then, bingo, Dad wakes him up! Some sacrifice! I sold my bloody motorbike to buy a family car, ‘That’s a sacrifice!

By: Stuart H.

Stuart H. — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:48:25 +0000

I’ll believe Christians are serious about Easter the day they can be bothered to market it properly and produce a chocolate Jesus on a cross – I’d buy one if only for the satisfaction of biting his head off in public.
Considering they make such a fuss about folk who walk off with Jesus biscuits you’d think they could get it sorted properly.

By: Stonyground

Stonyground — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:23:24 +0000

I coined the word Chino to describe these nominal Christians, particularly with regard to the 2001 census question. A conversation I had regarding the census went like this:

Stonyground: What did you put down for religion on your census form?

Chino: I put Christian.

Stonyground: OK so if I do something wrong, how does some guy being brutally tortured to death 2000 years ago make it alright.

Chino: It doesn’t that’s absurd.

Stonyground: That is the central pillar of Christian belief.

The chino then just gave a shrug and changed the subject.

By: Andrw Bolton

Andrw Bolton — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:53:48 +0000

Actually, yes, Iâ€™d say itâ€™s a tragedy that people donâ€™t know the cultural history of their own nation, or indeed that of their neighbors. Christianity went through a wide variety of forms from the dark ages through the middle ages, was pivotal in the shaping of the idea of Britain as distinct from Europe and inspired artists and writers and is a key element in the ideas that shaped our past. But it is disconcertingly true that ignorance is the in thing these days. And Christians seem to know virtually nothing about their own religion â€“ even less than the minimal grasp other religious people know about theirs. Frankly thatâ€™s a damn shame. Nobody knows anything about the classical Greek and Roman myths either these days of course.
The trouble with the English church is that it was once well known that the proper area of study and reverence of the English vicar was steam trains, but alas those days have passed.

By: Andy Armitage

Andy Armitage — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:55:34 +0000

I don’t have a problem with seeing Chrstians celebrate the so-called Resurrection, and I was brought up in a country that is nominally Christian. However, this biz about not knowing much about it . . . I was talking to my brother some years ago and the word “Christian” came into the conversation, and he said, “Well, I’m a Christian.” He had previously admitted to me that he knew less about the Bible than I do, which is not very much but I keep getting the impression it’s a lot more than many a default Christian does.

If I’d thought about it at the time, I’d have said in response to his claim of being a Christian, “How do you know?” Ah, esprit de l’escalier!

By: quedula

quedula — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:49:03 +0000

Come on valdemar lets not be discriminatory. Sod off all god-botherers.