# Merry Fucking Easter! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568 "2011-04-24T17:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/1 "2011-04-24T17:16:57Z")
Just thought I’d check in and mention that Jesus, if he ever existed, wasn’t supernatural and his corpse has long since degraded to dust. And like all of us, upon death his consciousness dissolved into oblivion and ended utterly and permanently. He ain’t coming back, you people are wasting your lives in a pathetic delusion. But please, by all means, keep hanging your “He is Risen” banners on the overpasses of our fair city. I’m sure you got the necessary permits to place them on public property. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/2 "2011-04-24T17:25:51Z")
Someone had an empty Easter basket this morning, huh? ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/3 "2011-04-24T17:27:19Z")
He is risen!!! Also, go fuck yourself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/4 "2011-04-24T17:27:49Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Just thought I’d check in and mention that Jesus, if he ever existed, wasn’t supernatural and his corpse has long since degraded to dust. And like all of us, upon death his consciousness dissolved into oblivion and ended utterly and permanently. Good point. Jesus was really no different from you. Well, except that people wept when he died. And he still has a sizable fan base two thousand years later, instead of being immediately forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/5 "2011-04-24T17:32:23Z")
What a dick. As an atheist, I don’t want you on my team. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/6 "2011-04-24T17:34:27Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Good point. Jesus was really no different from you. > > Well, except that people wept when he died. And he still has a sizable fan base two thousand years later, instead of being immediately forgotten. His fans have no conception of what the actual man was like. They are in love with the \*idea \*of Jesus. It’s still a delusion, but a happy one. Not one person on Earth has a mote of emotion for the historical Jesus. And asides, I’m not dead yet, maybe I’ll gain a death-cult full of rubes too. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/7 "2011-04-24T17:35:53Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > What a dick. > > As an atheist, I don’t want you on my team. Sadly, it isn’t a team. We are only joined by something we don’t think. That said, I’m primarily pissed about hanging religious signage on a public overpass. Hang it from your building if you want to. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/8 "2011-04-24T17:36:12Z")
Ah, the OP is an asshole. Happy Easter folks, may it be emotionally satisfying and spiritually rewarding. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/9 "2011-04-24T17:39:50Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Ah, the OP is an asshole. No one in their right mind will go against your encyclopedic knowledge of assholery. > [@](#): > > Happy Easter folks, may it be emotionally satisfying and spiritually rewarding. Or, conversely, enjoy some chocolate eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/10 "2011-04-24T17:41:21Z")
**the lord is risen!!!** **he is risen indeed!!!** **alleluia!!!** ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/11 "2011-04-24T17:41:50Z")
As a related topic, but a bit off-track, I noticed [Sai Baba](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8471134/Sathya-Sai-Babas-death-triggers-fight-for-his-5.5-billion-empire.html) died today. My brother believes in him and has for the last 40 years. Did I mention my brother and I aren’t speaking much the last 40 years? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/12 "2011-04-24T17:51:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > What a dick. > > As an atheist, I don’t want you on my team. My reaction as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/13 "2011-04-24T17:54:58Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > As a related topic, but a bit off-track, I noticed [Sai Baba](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8471134/Sathya-Sai-Babas-death-triggers-fight-for-his-5.5-billion-empire.html) died today. My brother believes in him and has for the last 40 years. Did I mention my brother and I aren’t speaking much the last 40 years? 🙂 Give it three days before you make any judgments about Baba’s divinity. > [@Oakminster](#): > > My reaction as well. See post #7. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/14 "2011-04-24T17:57:18Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Sadly, it isn’t a team. We are only joined by something we don’t think. That said, I’m primarily pissed about hanging religious signage on a public overpass. Hang it from your building if you want to. If it gets your panties all in a bunch, then call the cops. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/15 "2011-04-24T18:02:30Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If it gets your panties all in a bunch, then call the cops. That is a good point. But I noticed it while driving, I have no idea what street it’s on. I’d have to retrace my route and it’s far to drizzly to go back outside again. Instead my panties will unbunch with the gentile thumb-and-forefinger that is _The Pit_. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/16 "2011-04-24T18:21:17Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If it gets your panties all in a bunch, then call the cops. It’s interesting that the OP is not just an asshole, but a stupid son of a bitch… to the point where Easter decorations on public property don’t elicit a comment about the necessity of church and state, but a generalized “Fuck Easter and your silly religious views too!” rant. Stupid people aren’t necessarily so bad, but stupid people who’ve decided to be assholes are somewhat less ignorable. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/17 "2011-04-24T18:27:06Z")
While I do not agree with the sentiments expressed by the OP in general (even though I’m an atheist), I am massively pissed off at some local celebrants this morning. I got to bed at about 3 AM last night after a night out. At 5:30 AM I was awakened by booming hyper-amplified music from a “sunrise service” put on a couple blocks away by what sounded like evangelicals. It wasn’t even joyful music, but solemn and dreary. And that gave way to an hour-long ranting sermon, also delivered at full amplified volume. More “music” and shouting went on for two and a half hours. I was finally able to get back to sleep at 8 AM. This is a high-density residental neighborhood of high-rise aparment buildings; I’m sure these assholes woke up thousands of people before daylight. If you want to have your dawn celebration, fine, but go do it in a non-residential neighborhood. There are city parks well away from houses here where they could have done their thing while showing a little consideration for their neighbors. :mad::mad::mad: ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/18 "2011-04-24T18:29:37Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > It’s interesting that the OP is not just an asshole, but a stupid son of a bitch… to the point where Easter decorations on public property don’t elicit a comment about the necessity of church and state, but a generalized “Fuck Easter and your silly religious views too!” rant. Hey Finn old buddy, are you ready to apologize to me for your insane reaction to my mentioning your repeatedly making anti-Semite accusations? Religious views \*are \*silly by the way. In any case, you should consider converting, because I read on an overpass that Jesus is back. > [@](#): > > Stupid people aren’t necessarily so bad, but stupid people who’ve decided to be assholes are somewhat less ignorable. I agree utterly. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/19 "2011-04-24T18:36:01Z")
With intellect, I can figure out how to make a better world for my brother to live in. With love, I know why I want to. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/20 "2011-04-24T18:37:29Z")
So, did the Pope see his shadow this morning? Is there six more weeks of Lent? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568.md?page=2)