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The joys of FB and the south on Easter.

"He is risen" signs/posts everywhere.
This is the only religous celebration that really makes me stabby.

For the next two weeks there will be signs and crosses in yards all over the south. UGH!

Crimson67 8 Apr 1
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I used to have a screen name Zombie Jesus.. I was a total troll I figured out how to make comments using two different screen names at once (JZ and ETO) having arguments and answering in the same second.. people were confused on how I was doing that or if it was really two ppl typing..

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In five weeks after Pentecost, it's all in the past. Those crosses? don't bother me at all. Commercials on TV and Internet for things I don't need, annoy me way more than a few crosses that show were a vast group of people stands for.

Gert Level 7 Apr 2, 2018
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"stably" lol

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News flash. It is not just the "deep South." This giant cross is located just a few miles away from Southern Illinois University.

You missed the sunrise service:

[baldknobcross.com]

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Yeah..I lived in Atlanta for 20 years..this "Holier than Thou" day was way overboard..ugh..

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I imagine it gets old.

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Here he is...

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LOL...

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LOL I understand how it feels.

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I just hit "hide" on religious posts on Facebook, for the few left after I purged the alt-right.

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Ugh.. I know. It's so annoying. Part of the reason I joined this community

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One thing I've never understood is the grammar of this sentence. Shouldn't it be he "has" risen?

The problem is the people in Judah back then spoke Aramaic, the Jesus story was conveyed orally and then written down years later, but the gospels are written in Greek, and here in the USA we read about Jesus in English. It is like a game of telephone...who the hell knows what really happened

Risen, I think, in this case, is treated as an adjective instead of a verb, describing a state of being rather than an action. It's the kind of dramatic language they like.

If you use the word in the present tense it means 'He' is and always has been. Something like that.

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But still not cum AGAIN

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Here is just the thing for when you get stabby in the south during easter. (I posted this earlier but thought it appropos here ).

Ohub Level 7 Apr 1, 2018
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FB: "friend" posted a "He is Risen (etc...)" picture of Jesus yesterday that actually made me burst out laughing. Not only was he White, green-eyed & fine-boned, his face was framed by hair done in Flicks, model-man from what era I know not. And she was serious! We like our "reality" packaged. Good grief. At least I'm not in the South...

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Dang, you must be further South than me 🙂 I headed deep into NC yesterday (purposely taking its back roads), coming down off the Blue Ridge … and fortunately didn’t see any ‘like signs.’ Nothing like the damn ‘trump signs’ of yesteryear..

Last year I’d passed a small church who’s flock was apparently reenacting ..something. People dressed in robes like kings and slaves, and damsels in distress… The funny thing was, they appeared more interested in what passing drivers thought than whatever it was they were doing. I grinned 😉 … while missing the PNW ~

Varn Level 8 Apr 1, 2018
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I'm not going anywhere near fb today. I'd be hiding posts all day.

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LOVE THE POSTER! Bunny brainzzzz! YUMMMMMM!

Chocolate bunny brains, even better. 🙂

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Stationed in the south for 3 years ... They literally take their religious stuff way to serious but their lack of humanity and morality shines brighter ... In my humble Yankee opinion.

Gozer Level 4 Apr 1, 2018
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