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Metaphor in "Easter"...?


So I guess the Easter bunny was really a metaphor for a paedophile? The way he tells the girl to touch him and then seems to get off on it, saying he'll take her away so she never sees her mother again, giving her candy etc.

It really implied that, what's everyone elses' interpretation of this segment?

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I didn't get that from it at all. It was a macabre look at bodily regeneration and the renewal of an endless natural cycle.

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Yeah I didn't get any of that sense either. It was pretty obviously about how nobody cares what it's really about. Like the girl people ask questions about how a bunny is related to Jesus coming back and dying, so this movie mixed the two most important parts of Easter into one creepy entity. People know Jesus and rabbits are involved somehow, but not much beyond that. So we got the creature here to represent that.

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I kinda did. The way he moans, was just creepy

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1st of all: I laughed so hard at the mom "explaining" how Easter is about Jesus being resurrected but they celebrate with eggs and bunnies that I choked on what I was eating. (Raised catholic.... Remember asking those very same questions!)

2nd: yes, I did get the creepy pedophile vilbe from the Easter abomination. I guess theyFigured they were already spitting on religion and exposing how stupid it is they were just going all the way and making the Easter bunny/Jesus thing a pediphile too! Lol

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1st of all: I laughed so hard at the mom "explaining" how Easter is about Jesus being resurrected but they celebrate with eggs and bunnies that I choked on what I was eating. (Raised catholic.... Remember asking those very same questions!)

Same here. I was raised 'independent fundamental Baptist' and asked the same questions and got the same vague BS answers, lol. The whole 'Jesus Zombie/Easter Bunny' was hilarious and creepy.




Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

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What i got from it was the eater bunny was dressed like jesus at his burial...and he wanted her to take over..nothing sexual about it.

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There is something SO SEXUAL about it whether or not it was intended. The way her finger penetrates him and the look on his face and how he moans during that is really creepy and strange.

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I thought it was about how the Easter bunny and Jesus are both fake! They are both works of fiction.

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And you know Jesus is fake, how?

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Thank you (sarcastically) don-704 for forcing your opinion, if you're atheist (obviously) that's fine with me, but don't go around telling everyone "Jesus is fake" it's disrespectful to others.

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Then you and others need to keep the lie that God and Jesus are real and that the Earth is 6000 years old...non brainwashed people don't want to hear that either...keep your fantasies and delusions to yourselves...thanks!

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I don't know what message you read but I didn't even say I believed in God and Jesus, you jump down my throat accusing me of brainwashing people for 'Delusions' I never Claimed. The point of my post was that everyone (no matter their belief) should be more respectful of others, do me a favor and re-read every post on this thread, the only people I see preaching about their beliefs are atheists. I'm not saying you should keep your opinions quiet, just that you shouldn't be such a dick falsely accusing others. I'm personally undecided if God exists or not, I count every belief as fantasy since beliefs can't be proven, and you're the only one I see trying to spread your fantasy here.

Poison, drowning, claw or knife. So many ways to take a life! - Trick 'R Treat

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Interesting. The only people you see preaching about their beliefs are atheists. Um, with the exception of the atheist you were slamming, who were the other atheists on board? I didn't see any. Did I miss something? And furthermore, last time I checked this is a free country meaning if I want to post my opinions, I have the right to do so and not because it may be insensitive to others. We're all adults here (for the most part) so, get over it already.

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mickeyhfgg, to answer your questions, don-704 was the first atheist to post about it saying Jesus was fiction. Secondly you did slightly miss my initial point, if you recall I said "I'm not saying you can't post your opinion, just don't be a dick about it"

The point of my initial post to don-704 was not to tell the world a belief. People forget the difference between facts and beliefs. Lets do a quick exercise:

The USA currently has a black president=FACT

God does not exist=BELIEF

Stephen King is an author=FACT

Extra-terrestrials exist=BELIEF

As someone who can't firmly decide on a religion the thing that I notice and hate most of all is how EVERYONE IS A DICK when they talk about religion. I've never heard a conversation where people are like "I'll pray to God" "oh you're religious? I'm not" "oh well I guess we just have different beliefs" no instead people are dicks, and worse yet they have to complain when people tell them to knock it off.

But people are just selfish, we all think we're right and everyone else is wrong. Yes we have freedom of speech, I'm not talking about what we can do legally, I'm talking about how we should treat our fellow human.



Poison, drowning, claw or knife. So many ways to take a life! - Trick 'R Treat

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UFOs and god are things people claim exist, therefore the burden of proof is on those who claim they are real. Not believing in them doesnt make it a belief, it makes it the default until the person who made the claim in the first place can prove otherwise.

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That said, unless YOU have proof that UFOs DON'T exist, you cannot say it is a FACT that they don't.

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RIP David Bowie 💕

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I actually thought it was a metaphor on how religion affects kids when people teach them when they are really young.

For example, little girl ask few questions about Jesus and Easter bunny, but mother never really bothers to explain it to her, mostly because she has no answers herself. So, given that Jesus came back from the dead on Easter, but at the same time Easter Bunny is mentioned on same date, yet the girl had no idea why and how, and given that her mother couldn't explain it to her, no wonders she get's thing mixed up, ending up in Jesus\Bunny hybrid.

of course, since this is a horror movie, he was made physical creature. Also you can always take into consideration that it was just a dream\nightmare because movie has no real conclusion at the end.

I get why some people get the pedophile vibe. I laughed at "Jesus" first time he appeared, but few moments later when he sorta has sex drive after girl starts touching him, whole thing got creepy vibe. But like one other user said, since they were gonna sh*t on religion, then why not go all the way?

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Exactly, works both ways. Also, science is on this side so...
I'll get uncomfortable when people say "God bless you" after I sneeze. Is it really necessary? Keep it to yourself.

We've met before, haven't we?

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Well, regardless of what belief system you're a part of, the fact is that, historically, Jesus of Nazareth existed.
As far as the short goes ... there is no meaning behind any of it. Was thought up in under 10 minutes.
The cast and crew were fed vagina discharge.

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If you're solid in your beliefs, a person saying Jesus is fake shouldn't rile you up. You can't possibly be threatened by someone saying such a thing if you believe it 100%. Why not just view those people as unenlightened and be done with it?




We've met before, haven't we?

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I do do that. However, if someone states it's a fact that Jesus isn't real, I always ask how they KNOW it's a fact. Saying God does or doesn't exist is an opinion/belief, either way.

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Fabulously creepy but I got a metaphor of growing into adulthood - perhaps too soon as her father has left the family. The girl is growing up and questioning myths and religion which smaller children take as gospel. (When a kid stops believing in Santa Claus is a milestone in growing up) There is plenty of birth and metamorphosis imagery - eggs, chicks, the story that Jesus did come back but was different when he came back (flying to heaven)

The sex thing is there. The mother was much more sexualized when she went to her own bed after putting her daughter to sleep. The Bunny getting off when the girl touches him. She is becoming like her mother.

The bunny represented adolescence and change to me. "No child has ever seen the Easter Bunny" and "You'll never see your mother again"

The girl is no longer a child and therefore no child has seen the easter bunny and her mother is no longer "mommy" but now "mom" -

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