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People worshiping on Easter being termed 'Easter worshipers' seems a remarkably difficult concept for some to grasp. People going to church who are termed 'church goers' must really get their heads spinning.
Then we have a president who mistakenly referred to the death toll in Sri Lanka as 138 million. Obviously someone caught the mistake and it was deleted.
This was followed by an erroneous reference by name, position and day he conferred with a leader in Sri Lanka.
They did not kill random Christians. They killed people in the act of worshipping on the Easter holiday. It was actually a much more descriptive term. And to many a bigger transgression. There was a church massacre in my city 4 years ago and the press made constant reference to the victims as bible study participants or parishioners of the particular church. It did not negate them being Christian- it mean they were Christians who were involved in a particular Christian practice or members of a particular Christian church.
Referring to them as 'Easter worhippers' can also signify that they were in church on Easter as opposed to a normal Sunday. It is common knowledge that church attendance (or Mass in the religion I was raised) absolutely swells at Christmas and Easter. Also- more knowledgeable people recognize Easter as the most important Christian holiday as opposed to Christmas which is the most commercial. So ID'ing them as Easter worshipers actually drives home an added significance to the crime.
And by your own standard- would saying someone attacked a gay night club be omitting the fact that LGBT humans were attacked since a headline simply said referred to a gay nightclub? If so let me pull out my moral outrage badge, get 'woke,' and review all the Fox News headlines from the Pulse shooting.
This might be the stupidest thread I have seen a good, long while. As such- I'll be checking in through the day just to witness the humanity of it all...
No. It still supports my argument that the phrase is commonly used, and the first link isn't arguing that every Sunday worshipper is a faux Christian. Your argument is that the phrase is derogatory. Do you want me to find more links showing you are wrong?
I'd rather you just admit it was an awkward and ambiguously inarticulate way to avoid saying Christians just to keep the base appeased!
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