On this holy day 2 years ago, we coined a new term

Ministry of information moves quick

And this year MTG gets a Twitter ban for posting: He is risen.

Edit: call them Christians

Someone should tell Obama and Hillary that we are called Christians.

Why can’t those counts say Christians?

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Why can’t those counts say Christians?

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The profane cannot allow the divine to cross their lips.

No one worships Easter. They worship the resurrected Jesus of Nazareth. A real man and also God incarnate, who really died, and really rose from the dead.

There's power in that statement. And Obama's inability to say it ought to show the world that he doesn't profess to believe anything about the Christian faith.

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They probably thought she was referring to Trump in some way or the other and wanted to get the jump on it.

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Nicely played.

From Christians to "Easter worshipper"s to "devils with eggs" in 5,4,3......

Christians are the dominant religion in America, I’m always surprised when they can invent new ways at becoming victims

Why Conservatives Are So Angry About Obama’s Reference to “Easter Worshippers”

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Before Sunday, to be clear, the term Easter worshipper was considered straightforward enough that the AP used it in a headline about another recent church-based international tragedy: “Tourists, Easter Worshippers Lament Closure of Notre Dame.” Nevertheless, let me try to help: “Easter worshippers” describes Christians in church on Easter Sunday. The term is more descriptive than “Christians,” because it conveys the additional fact that the victims were actively celebrating Easter when they were killed. They are worshippers, and it is Easter. If it helps, try putting the emphasis on worshippers in the phrase: It’s Easter worshippers, not Easter-worshippers.

Here is how the construction works in similar contexts:

• BBC: “Finsbury Park Attack: Roses for Ramadan Worshipers”

• The Guardian: “Afghanistan Suicide Bomber Kills Eid Worshippers at Mosque, Police Say”

• The Jewish Telegraphic Agency: “Homeless Couple Attacks Synagogue Worshippers in Buenos Aires”

I would argue that it takes a true savant of exquisitely attuned grievance collection to read an individual reference to “Easter worshippers” as an attempt to avoid acknowledging Christianity. Easter is the most important holiday in the Christian calendar. “Easter” has no other meaning. As a celebration, it is far less secularly degraded than Christmas. Bunnies aside, it is basically inaccessible as a holiday to anyone uncomfortable with acknowledging the story of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. If anything, “Easter worshippers” puts extra emphasis on the religious nature of the attack by pointing out that it happened on a day of special spiritual meaning to victims. It implies: Not only did you attack Christians, you did it today of all days.

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Easter Worshipers.....

Perhaps they are not naïve. Perhaps the word choice is intentional.

The word "Easter" is derived from the estrous and denotes a very feminine connotation. It was a pagan holiday to celebrate fertility. Hence why eggs are associated with it.

When Romans conquered pagan lands one of the ways they kept conquered people in line was to allow them their traditions.

Christians co-opted that calendar date to recognize the death and resurrection of Christ.

All that said.....they may actually know exactly what they are saying.