# You just can't make this crap up! Easter Bunny whipped by fervent Christians! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956 "2004-04-08T14:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/1 "2004-04-08T14:36:07Z")
[No passion for Easter Bunny at church show - Children in audience watch as actor in rabbit costume whipped](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4693430/) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/2 "2004-04-08T14:45:54Z")
Maybe they were just tenderising the meat for the Next To Last Supper. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/3 "2004-04-08T14:48:49Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Maybe they were just tenderising the meat for the Next To Last Supper. Only if they were preparing passionpfeffer. ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/4 "2004-04-08T14:52:49Z")
“Coming this December. The ecclesiastical event you’ve all been waiting for. Santa! Crucified!” Not only his frocks flow red. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/5 "2004-04-08T15:15:22Z")
“St. Patrick’s Day leprechaun run down by mob, beaten with his own shillaligh.” ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/6 "2004-04-08T15:18:36Z")
Well, it’s really good to see that some people have a real handle on the love and compassion angle of Christianity :rolleyes: I swear, it’s the rare stuff like that that casts the whole religion in a bad light! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/7 "2004-04-08T16:42:18Z")
In San Francisco, we would call that a BDSM party. Those sure are some pervy fundies. ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/8 "2004-04-08T16:49:33Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > In San Francisco, we would call that a BDSM party. Those sure are some pervy fundies. Heh. Maybe the director is a closet furry… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/9 "2004-04-08T17:05:38Z")
That’s nothing! I heard that same group on Thanksgiving cooked a turkey and made people eat it! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/10 "2004-04-08T17:36:11Z")
I wonder if they’ll be doing the same thing to Santa in nine months time? ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Milburn\_Drysdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs\_Milburn\_Drysdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Milburn_Drysdale)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/11 "2004-04-08T17:41:20Z")
> [@presidebt](#): > > Heh. Maybe the director is a closet furry… You got it! That was my first thought. This whole event combines so many fetishes in one … as I said to Eve, “where’s the auditions?” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/12 "2004-04-08T17:47:30Z")
Santa’s PREGNANT!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/13 "2004-04-08T17:54:17Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Santa’s PREGNANT!? :eek: Sure - he took the pagan springtime celebrations a bit far 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/14 "2004-04-08T19:25:27Z")
Had Ashcroft seen this, he would still be applauding. If public TV would present this program, Ashcroft would probably fund it out of his own pocket. I do dislike John Ashcroft. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/15 "2004-04-08T19:43:34Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Well, it’s really good to see that some people have a real handle on the love and compassion angle of Christianity :rolleyes: I swear, it’s the rare stuff like that that casts the whole religion in a bad light! Rare? Oh, please. It’s the nice, sane Christians who are the exceptions, it seems to me. Look at the huge number of Christians who think that Mel Gibson’s bloody horror show is about love and compassion, or who long for the death and suffering that will be unleashed on the innocent by the Rapture and can’t wait to rejoice on seeing people who disagree with them suffer for all eternity in their deity’s private dungeon. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/16 "2004-04-08T21:13:40Z")
Well, at least now I don’t feel so bad about burning that Jesus costume in my [Wicker Man.](http://www.seanachaidh.org/images/Wicker_Man_001.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/17 "2004-04-08T21:51:44Z")
“Tooth Fairy gassed. Film at 11.” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/18 "2004-04-08T22:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Next stop, The Dark Ages. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/19 "2004-04-08T22:56:32Z")
" . . . an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs. Performers broke eggs meant for an Easter egg hunt and also portrayed a drunken man and a self-mutilating woman . . ." Ah, Off-Off-Broadway. Seen a million shows like that because my friends were in them and “c’mon, you gotta fill the house, I’ll give you a free ticket!” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956/20 "2004-04-08T22:59:22Z")
> [@gobear](#): > > It’s the nice, sane Christians who are the exceptions, it seems to me. Look at the huge number of Christians who think that Mel Gibson’s bloody horror show is about love and compassion, or who long for the death and suffering that will be unleashed on the innocent by the Rapture and can’t wait to rejoice on seeing people who disagree with them suffer for all eternity in their deity’s private dungeon. The other day I was in a bookstore and was seriously perturbed when I saw a children’s version, boxed set of several _Left Behind_ books. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-cant-make-this-crap-up-easter-bunny-whipped-by-fervent-christians/238956.md?page=2)