I know a fair number of people who are both liberals and non-Christians. They are huge into tolerance of all forms, including religious tolerance.
And yet, they think it is appropriate to refer to Easter as Zombie Jesus Day. (Because Jesus rose from the dead, for those of you who don't immediately get it.) Mock a Jew or a Muslim for his religion, and these people are likely to be all over you. It's not appropriate, it's bigoted and juvenile and no longer accepted in our pluralistic culture.
And yet "Zombie Jesus Day" somehow doesn't fall into all of those categories?
There are conservative Christians who complain how picked on Christianity is, how it's considered acceptable to "persecute" Christians but not those of other faiths, and by and large I find their claims unsubstantiated. But this is one example which proves the conservatives right: it seems to be acceptable among some to mock the holiest day in Christianity, even though similar behavior toward other faiths would be immediately condemned.
It's name-calling, pure and simple.
I completely agree. I chastised a friend of mine yesterday for the same thing. She is usually so politically correct that it surprised me she would say that. If it is not okay to mock witches for their beliefs, then it is certainly not okay to poke fun at a religion’s holy day.
It is okay to poke fun of religion. How are we supposed to take them seriously when they say that Jesus comes back to life after being dead for two days.
I think a lot of people mock Christianity because of all of the abuses that they dish out against anyone of another religion, gay people, feminists, environmentalists….you name it. And they spew out this absurd religious cult kookery with threats that if you don’t join their cult, you will burn and choke and puke and scream in a fiery pit for ever and ever. Now tell me that’s not laughable and quite worthy of a good mocking! I think they have earned it.
That being said, there are a lot of liberal Christians who are quite different and I don’t include them in my above description.
Religious tolerance is always preached in attempts to make religious superstitious claims immune from any criticism. But, true tolerance is a two way street, meaning the ability to freely criticize and accept criticism.
If religions can’t accept criticism, then the religions are not tolerant.
While I am an equal opportunity mocker I think we tend to give Christians an extra jab because they spew their poison relentlessly on everyone else.
I’ve never had a Jew, Muslim, Wican or anyone else show up at my door, interrupting my day, to tell me that I am going to hell because there aren’t any gods.
So I admit to making fun of zombie Jesus but hey I’m already going to hell according to them.
You are absolutely correct. Easter is Easter, an important religous day for Christians. To call it anything else is a fine expression of ones stupidity.
Gotrootdude: There is a difference between criticism and mockery.
There is also a time and a place for criticism. There are plenty of religious beliefs that I disagree with. But I don’t walk around repeatedly and publicly voicing my opinions on the matter. And I certainly wouldn’t expect my targets to put up with my presence if I did.
Likewise, I don’t run around telling people how silly their fashion sense is either. Certainly I have the right to do so, but that doesn’t make it polite, responsible, in good taste, or even particularly adult.
“Freedom of speech means freedom from interference, suppression or punitive action by the government—and nothing else. It does not mean the right to demand the financial support or the material means to express your views at the expense of other men who may not wish to support you. Freedom of speech includes the freedom not to agree, not to listen and not to support one’s own antagonists.”
– Ayn Rand, “The Virtue of Selfishness”
But Jesus is a Zombie. Is it because he never rotted that people are so up in arms? You don’t need to have rotted to be a zombie. I guess he’s a reverse zombie. Instead of eating people he wants others to eat him. Still, zombies are cool and so is Jesus.
On Religious Tolerance:
I do not respect your religious beliefs.
I respect your right to have them.
I respect your right to express them.
I respect you as long as you respect me.
I do not respect your “right” to tell me I am an evil person.
I do not respect your “right” to tell I am going to hell.
I do not respect your “right” to impose your beliefs on me or my children.
I do not respect ignorance.
I do not respect brainwashing.
I do not respect cults.
I do not respect hatred, biogrtry, misogyny, sexism or tyranny.
I do not respect your religion. And I don’t have to.
Outrageous, unsubstantiated claims (a man rose from the dead, space aliens abducted my cow, a leprechaun lives in my yard, etc.) warrant mockery. Classifying them as a “religion” doesn’t give the ideas special immunity. Have you, Ms. Beyer, never mocked an outrageous idea? If so, does that make you a bigot?
Perhaps it is as a response to Christians feeling perfectly comfortable inflicting their beliefs on the unbelieving or the uninterested in every aspect of life, school, healthcare, reproductive rights, etc. And when people say that spirits speak to them and people rise from the dead, we medicate them and put them on a psychiatric hold. But somehow we are just supposed to be completely accepting of a religion/holiday which has been piecemealed together from other religious and seasonal customs. Puhleez! If you are that offended, go whine about it at church.
I love zombie jesus day. When you combine two creepy things in a humorous way, it makes them less creepy! I enjoy mocking anything that seems silly to me, I am an equal opportunity sadist. Some christians whine that they get teased about their religion more than any other… Hello? Ever heard of scientology? Jehova’s witnesses? Mormons?? Usually the ones that get mocked the most are the ones whose followers annoy people the most. In my opinion, christianity wins that title hands down. Not that there aren’t very nice christians out there, there are, I’ve met them. But the obnoxious ones take the cake. Just my little two cents there.
You’re wrong, not all liberals are wishy-washy, feel-good new-agers. I mock all faiths equally. Religion is the worst kind of delusion and to not deride it would be to lend legitimacy to psychosis. That would be morally reprehensible in my point of view.
Learn to not get butt-hurt by people’s jokes.
Well, by definition, it is appropriate to say that.
Def: A zombie is dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force.
1 Corinthians 15:20-22 Paul states, “But Christ really has indeed been raised from the dead.”
So, according to the Bible, Jesus does fit the definition of a zombie to near perfection. Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter. Therefore, it is quite appropriate to use ‘Zombie Jesus Day.’
WTF! WHERE ARE ALL THE LIKE BUTTONS! Haha i love the zombie jesus bashes! <3 zombie jesus day!
Why is there an editorial on a website that is supposed to be objective and opinion-free? This is a website to guide people on things, not to editorialize.
As soon as christians allowed the Easter Bunny to represent Easter and Santa Claus to represent Christmas you brought it upon yourselves to get mocked. I’m an equal opportunity mocker.
Religion, as Thomas Jefferson suggests, should be treated with ridicule.
When you see fully grown adults (who can own guns, vote, and raise children) jabbering about some immoral cult and their figures, they should be informed that their views are repellent and fit for humor.
I love zombie jesus, and all religions are just storys. Ur a lil off if you whole heartedly believe any of it. please turn ur walking stick into a snake if u dont agree.
HAPPY ZOMBIE JESUS DAY EVERYONE!
You have this all wrong. We don’t mock the people we mock the belief. Zombie Jesus day and other crazy religious beliefs of any faith are fair game. The frustration towards Christians mocking PEOPLE of other faiths is that they honestly think they are better than people who are just as crazy as them. They use that to justify ill will (for fairness so do many other religious groups).
Not surprised your Christ colored glasses filtered that out though.
saying the words Easter or Easter Sunday is boring im roman catholic and I call Easter “Zombie Jesus Day” im not mocking the day or anything im useing an alternate name for the event such as santa being called st. nick. Now calling it zjd is not innappropiate my preist said at the end of easter vigil mass “and have a safe and happy zombie jesus day”
there is no right or wrong here. those that argue that its mean or wrong are just getting butt hurt over a name for something. like somepony said before zombies are the dead who return to life through some supernatural force and jesus rose from the dead through the power of god. and for your info when the romans adopted the religion they placed easter and christmas on the pagan holidays for the spring and winter. your freaking out at zombie jesus day when Halloween( all hallows eve) a catholic holiday is utterly distorted by society and all saints day isnt even noticed anymore. any of you catholics or christians who are up in arms at this should be ashamed of yourself. now everypony lets all sit down and chill maybe watch some my little pony or something
I’m a zombie and I find this offensive.
I am not sure where you all live, but I live in a highly Catholic area where most people attend/ attended Catholic grade school, high school, and college, myself included. Out of thosr people, about 30% tell me Happy Zombie Jesus Day instead of Happy Easter. My thoughts are that if people who worship Jesus call it Zombie Jesus Day, why can’t the Non-Christians?
It’s more disrespectful to knock on my door while I’m eating dinner to tell me I’m doomed to hell for being who I am. If Zombie Jesus is real, I think he would understand that I am who I am and let it be.
listen if you want attention and hits stop covering nonsense like this. Obviously people will bash every holiday whatever the meaning of it may be. Get over it you troll.