Twitter Tirades: Jesus Tweets, Plus Other Celebs Take On Easter
Posted by: Olivia Allin
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2:00PM, Monday April 13th 2009
Ah, Easter! If Jesus were alive today, we’re pretty sure he would Twitter like Diddy because, really, it’s the best way to get the word out. Since we can follow Jesus, but not on Twitter, we’ll have to ask our favorite celebrities what they would do. Here’s how John Mayer, Martha Stewart, Ashton and more got their God on…
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NdlovukaziThor
wrote on April 13 2009 @ 10:48 pm: [report]
About the eggs and rabbits - signs of fertility associated with Spring. Pagan themes the Christians stole to make their holidays more appealing. (I won’t get into it, but historically and geographically speaking, Easter and Christmas are at wrong times of the year… more pandering to popular Pagan celebrations…)
EarthGoddess
wrote on April 14 2009 @ 06:59 am: [report]
@NdlovukaziThor: You’re exactly right ... I’m a devout Christian married to a Wiccan, so we have the best of both worlds in our house.
NdlovukaziThor
wrote on April 14 2009 @ 08:51 am: [report]
@EarthGoddess: That’s really wonderful! Most people are too ignorant to be open to learning and accepting others’ beliefs… let alone fusing them together to create what I would think to be awesome celebrations for their families.
(It was 3 in the morning here when I found this article, and it actually got me pretty riled up and I was expecting really pissy responses haha!)
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 14 2009 @ 08:57 am: [report]
Twitter is the stupidest invention ever…here is an example why.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5211135/man-builds-chair-that-tweets-his-farts-single+handedly-justifies-twitters-existence
EarthGoddess
wrote on April 14 2009 @ 09:19 am: [report]
@NdlovukaziThor: What you said is historically accurate, so who could argue with you? I know there are those that will, but the early Christians were excellent marketers of their new faith, so of course they used feast days, celebrations, symbols, etc that would appeal to the Pagans they were trying to convert. I actually think it makes a ton of sense from a purely logistical standpoint, although their methods weren’t the best obviously. (I don’t know how they went from the peace and love of Jesus to burning people at the stake, but I digress.) Anyway, I’m glad my daughter has the traditional Christian holidays that I grew up with and also gets to go to Sabbat rituals and get hugs from the High Priestess. I think she’s pretty lucky.
@Cheese: I happen to like Twitter and other networking sites. Like anything else, there’s always gonna be someone who will turn something useful into something stupid. It’s just the way it is.