From: ejay1118@yahoo.com   
      
   "Leroy N. Soetoro"  wrote in   
   news:s83h5i$10j0$1@neodome.net:   
      
   > Sarah Palin's a Brainiac, Thomas Sowell is Black like Obama and OJ   
   > Simpson.   
   >   
   > Sarah Palin claimed today that Jesus Christ celebrated Easter during   
   > his time on Earth.   
   >   
   > In an interview with Fox and Friends this morning, the former Alaska   
   > governor promoted her new book about the left's "war on Christmas" and   
   > argued that all Christian holidays should return to the traditional   
   > versions practiced by Jesus.   
   >   
   > "It makes me so gosh darn angry," Palin explained. "The liberal left   
   > in this country has targeted Christian holidays and is trying to   
   > secularize them right out of existence.   
   >   
   > "When Jesus celebrated Easter with his disciples there were no Easter   
   > bunnies or egg hunts. There were no Easter sales at department stores   
   > or parades in the street. Easter was a special time of prayer and   
   > Christian activism.   
   >   
   > "Jesus would gather all the townspeople around and would listen to   
   > their stories about the meaning of Easter in their lives. Then he   
   > would teach them how to love one another, how to protest Roman   
   > abortion clinics and how to properly convert homosexuals.   
   >   
   > "You can't even do things like that these days without getting called   
   > out by some wacko left-wing human rights group. Christians had more   
   > freedom under Roman rule than we do now in our own country! We need to   
   > return Easter back to the way it was when Jesus was alive."   
   > Gospel of Palin   
   >   
   > Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus   
   > Christ on the third day after he was crucified by the Romans in the   
   > 1st century A.D. It is the most important holiday for Eastern and   
   > Orthodox Christians, and also has great significance in the West.   
   >   
   > Because Easter is a celebration of Jesus's resurrection from the dead,   
   > it is highly unlikely that he celebrated the holiday before his death.   
   > Its first recorded instance is sometime in the mid-2nd century. This   
   > seemingly obvious fact was not lost on the Fox and Friends team, who   
   > instantly challenged Palin's assertions.   
   >   
   > "Sarah, you know that we love you," started co-host Brian Kilmeade. "I   
   > can understand if you think Christian holidays have become too secular   
   > and you want to return to the days of the early church. But you have   
   > to know that Jesus never celebrated Easter right? I mean you have to   
   > know that. What do you think Easter celebrates?"   
   >   
   > "Well, Brian, Easter celebrates, you know, sticking it to all the   
   > liberal lefties out there who want to be taking our guns and our   
   > freedom," Palin responded. "It celebrates the rights of the unborn and   
   > the right to religious freedom, to not have government come in and   
   > tell you who to believe in and who not to ..."   
   >   
   > "It celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus," Kilmeade   
   > interrupted. "It celebrates his death and resurrection from the dead.   
   > Now Sarah, tell me how can Jesus celebrate his own death before he   
   > died?"   
   >   
   > Palin stared blankly into the screen for about 15 seconds, before   
   > co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck cut to commercial.   
      
      
   Uh, no. I don't like Sarah Palin, but you're quoting a satirical   
   newspaper on a par with "The Onion."   
      
   https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/palin-jesus-easter/   
      
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