# Christians, does this offend you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 25, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103 "2000-04-25T16:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/21 "2000-04-25T23:19:00Z")
Why offensive? Hot-cross buns and pretzels are have been baked for centuries, originally by monks. And there are Jewish pastries shaped like letters, so that kids might think learing is sweet. Now, as for that English pudding called “dead baby” … ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/22 "2000-04-25T23:26:00Z")
Oh, please, Jenkins! What about cross buns? How about pretzels, which after all, \*were originally made to resemble monks folding their arms in prayer? Anyway, so long as you’re not worshipping the thing, what’s the problem? Or do you actually worship the cross as {shocked gasp} an idol? \*Possible UL Alert! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2000, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/23 "2000-04-25T23:44:00Z")
Freaky simul-post! coincidence, or God-incidence? What more proof do you pagans need? * * * Your deep sea diving suit is ready, me brave lad. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/24 "2000-04-26T00:00:00Z")
Tacky? Yes. Silly? Yes? Offensive? To some, I suppose. But I for one have far better things to get offended about. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/25 "2000-04-26T00:25:00Z")
Im offended by the amount of chocolate they put in those things 🙂 Its too much!!! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/26 "2000-04-26T00:39:00Z")
I thought Pretzels got their shape from the “Advanced” pages of the _Kama Sutra_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/27 "2000-04-26T01:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by jenkinsfan: > **Yes, I think that making a chocolate cross is as bad as making a chocolate Ghandi or Mother Teresa(and I don’t follow the teachings of either.) Anyone who would give their life for others deserves better.** Um, not to nitpick or anything, but when did a Cross give its life for anyone? I thought it was _Jesus_ who died, not the cross. Neither Mother Teresa nor Ghandi sacrificed their lives for anyone. Devoting your life to a cause is not the same thing as dying for it. Ghandi being assassinated is not the same thing as Jesus giving up his life on a cross. Your parallel is not. Sorry. * * * “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen ---
**Author:** ![jenkinsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jenkinsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jenkinsfan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/28 "2000-04-26T01:37:00Z")
Excuse me for answering the question IMHO. But hey, you asked a question and you got an answer! BTW, think of how dull these boards would be if ya’ll didn’t have me to pick on. 😃 * * * **ETERNITY: SMOKING OR NON SMOKING?** Itchy the flea-filled beagle hound. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/29 "2000-04-26T02:08:00Z")
As a Christian, I find such things tacky, but I certainly don’t lose any sleep over it. One of my mantras in life is for people to grow thicker skins. It seems like every day in the paper someone is squawking about some perceived slight they can only settle with a lawsuit. “That’s the wrong word!” “That’s a stereotype!” “You can’t tell that joke!” “How dare you portray my race/politics/profession/ religion in that way!” waaaaah! I am not one of these people. ---
**Author:** ![Zion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b5e925/32.png) [@Zion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zion)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/30 "2000-04-26T04:15:00Z")
Offensive? No. But, I wouldn’t buy one, cause I’m on a diet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/31 "2000-04-26T05:34:00Z")
For the last couple of weeks, our local bagel shop has been selling “Hot Cross Bagels.” Every time I comment on it to people, I get blank looks. Am I the only one who finds this weird? * * * Thanks for doing your bit to advance the cause of human knowledge.     – Cecil Adams ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/32 "2000-04-26T08:29:00Z")
Has anyone heard of the jelly-filled chocolate crucifiction crosses, where if you bite into the cross, all this red jelly comes oozing out? How would you all feel if you saw one of those? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/33 "2000-04-26T08:39:00Z")
I, for one, think that people who would be offended by a chocolate cross on Easter wouldn’t be the kind of people who read The Straight Dope or its’ message boards, if they’re online at all. Congrats to Cecil! Congrats to the Straight Dope! And congrats for all of us for creating an environment where we can fight ignorance without any infighting! Okay, strike that very last part… hehe… * * * -SPOOFE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/34 "2000-04-26T18:44:00Z")
Drain, I’m offended, alright…that you didn’t send _me_ one! 🙂 (But only in _real_ chocolate, thanks; as [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/970829.html) has pointed out, there’s no such thing as _white_ chocolate!) * * * Homepage: [www.galacticgovernment.gov](http://www.galacticgovernment.gov) Occupation: Galactic Emperor Location: Trantor Interests: Palace intrigue, hereditary successors –Profile by **UncleBeer** ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/35 "2000-04-26T20:37:00Z")
On a related topic… Sitting in front of me now I have “Testamints”. They are individually wrapped mints with Bible quotes on the wrapping. Strange indeed. The mints aren’t bad though. * * * What is this, some kind of freakout?? ---
**Author:** ![anotherlawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@anotherlawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anotherlawyer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/36 "2000-04-26T20:53:00Z")
Maybe the idea is that by ingestion, the message gets across. If you put chocolate in front of me, you get my undivided attention. To paraphrase Gene Wilder, it’s a compulsion, but I can handle it. ---
**Author:** ![Greyson3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@Greyson3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greyson3)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/37 "2000-04-26T21:46:00Z")
Testa-mints? That’s kind of creepy These people sell (what else?) **Bible Gum**. Ha ha. Get it? [http://www.xyz.net/~biblegum/home2.html](http://www.xyz.net/~biblegum/home2.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/38 "2000-04-27T00:52:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by jenkinsfan: > \*\*…think of how dull these boards would be if ya’ll didn’t have me to pick on. 😃 > \*\* ## \<\<\< _Bogart_ \>\>\> Don’t flatter yourself, kid. We’d think of something. “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/39 "2000-04-27T11:58:00Z")
Look, noodleloaf, just because she disagrees with you doesn’t mean she’s picking on you. _I’m_ picking on you now, so you can tell the distance. Choad. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103/40 "2000-04-27T14:13:00Z")
Besides, is putting a chocolate cross next to the chocolate Easter bunnies any different than setting up the manger scene next to the stuffed Santa Claus under the Christmas tree? I don’t think so. Course, I am definitely going straight to hell - got my spot all picked out and everything. * * * Bragging mode on: **I got my CNE!** Bragging mode off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-this-offend-you/18103.md?page=3)