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Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Faith/Off - Easter vs Passover

Posted on 17:36 by Unknown
And so it was that three days after his crucifixion, Jesus sent the Easter bunny to lay some chocolate eggs for kids to find, get high on sugary sweets, and eventually get tooth decay that would drive stock prices up for the Tooth Fairy's corporate business. Of course, if Jesus and the Tooth Fairy conspired together, that would constitute insider trading. Maybe that's why the Romans decided to crucify him to begin with?

I don't know, but it looks like Christians and Jews, while both celebrating Spring holidays, might have some differences as to how to stay relevant and popular in modern-day America...


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Not to worry. Jon Stewart has some advise for his Jewish brethren:


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But the threats, Stephen Colbert informs us, are coming from other directions too, like Down Under:


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