Now Muslim parents are complaining about flyers for Easter egg hunts


Religion | 207446 hits | Apr 05 5:24 pm | Posted by: N_Fiddledog
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In Dearborn, Mich., home to over 40,000 Americans of Arab descent, some Muslim parents have complained about flyers handed out at public schools advertising an Easter egg hunt at a local Presbyterian church.

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  1. by avatar Strutz
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:50 am
    Ok, so the gathering of chocolate is BAD! No longer PC! Add it to the list pronto!

    God forbid that children have fun... oh... wait a minute... hmmmmm...

    :lol:


    Kids typically tend to associate Easter eggs with candy and people in rabbit costumes.

    Eggsactly!

  2. by Thanos
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:55 am
    Given that Islam had a complete lack of humour or any sense of fun in it, it'd probably be the perfect religion for Andy to join. :lol: :P

  3. by avatar PluggyRug
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:39 am
    "Thanos" said
    Given that Islam had a complete lack of humour or any sense of fun in it, it'd probably be the perfect religion for Andy to join. :lol: :P


    Well, his computer faces east. :D

  4. by Thanos
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:04 am
    And his arse faces west, back to the haunted pig farm from where he originally came. :twisted:

  5. by avatar bootlegga
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:11 am
    I say suck it up, it's kids collecting chocolate FFS.

    I don't think they'd like it very much if others started bitching about Eid or Ramadan.

  6. by avatar GreenTiger
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:03 pm
    "bootlegga" said
    I say suck it up, it's kids collecting chocolate FFS.

    I don't think they'd like it very much if others started bitching about Eid or Ramadan.

    Welcome to North America. One might get inflicted by the mention of Easter. That is unfortunate.

  7. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:17 pm
    .... and then there's the Handicapped Lobby ...

  8. by avatar Benn
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:50 pm
    Right, I'm sure his 7 year old came home all bent out of shape over the separation of church and state like he says he did. Dad needs to get a hobby for his spare time. I suggest some world religions studies which would tell him that an Easter egg hunt is not religious at all and any church advertising the Easter Bunny as the reason for the season to get people in the doors is only a threat to Christianity.

  9. by avatar BeaverFever
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:02 pm
    I don't have problems with kids being advertised about an easter egg hunt; as discussed above, its become a pretty secular activity regardless of recent christian adaptation (much of the 'holiday' dates back to pagan times).

    I do however have concerns about any church, mosque, synagogue, temple, business, etc. advertising or promoting their events in schools. I don't think schools should be in the captive advertising business.

  10. by avatar andyt
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:03 pm
    "Benn" said
    an Easter egg hunt is not religious at all


    Really. People decided it would just be fun to hide and hunt eggs? The word easter has a secular origin?

    For Christians, the Easter egg is symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Painting Easter eggs is an especially beloved tradition in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches where the eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Jesus Christ that was shed on the cross. Easter eggs are blessed by the priest at the end of the Paschal vigil and distributed to the congregants. The hard shell of the egg represents the sealed Tomb of Christ, and cracking the shell represents Jesus' resurrection from the dead. Moreover, historically Christians would abstain from eating eggs and meat during Lent, and Easter was the first chance to eat eggs after a long period of abstinence. (Orthodox Christians continue to abstain from eggs during Lent.)
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/0 ... 92054.html

  11. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:21 pm
    Easter eggs like the Christmas tree predate the holidays they were incorporated into. Even the word Easter is derived from an old pagan goddess of the dawn

  12. by avatar andyt
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:24 pm
    "BeaverFever" said
    I don't have problems with kids being advertised about an easter egg hunt; as discussed above, its become a pretty secular activity regardless of recent christian adaptation (much of the 'holiday' dates back to pagan times).

    I do however have concerns about any church, mosque, synagogue, temple, business, etc. advertising or promoting their events in schools. I don't think schools should be in the captive advertising business.


    Agreed.

  13. by avatar Jabberwalker
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:49 pm
    "BeaverFever" said
    I don't have problems with kids being advertised about an easter egg hunt; as discussed above, its become a pretty secular activity regardless of recent christian adaptation (much of the 'holiday' dates back to pagan times).

    I do however have concerns about any church, mosque, synagogue, temple, business, etc. advertising or promoting their events in schools. I don't think schools should be in the captive advertising business.



    It's an easter egg hunt, not the Passion of St. Matthew.



    ... a grip, please.

  14. by avatar andyt
    Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:56 pm
    I wonder how the Christian parents would react if an Iranian Mosque sent flyers to the school inviting kids to paint eggs for Nowruz?



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