In a country where Dancing with the Stars is the number one rated TV show and the nation's book reading is guided by a talk show host, nothing amazes me anymore. It used to be Art Linkletter's Kids Say the Darnedest Things on House Party, where obviously young school kids would say things that were totally absurd. But they are kids and have not had the benefit of higher education and life experience - it is expected of them. Enter Sherri Shepherd, one of the co-idiots on ABC's daytime show, The View. According to the blurb on YouTube, Sherri, during a discussion about Epicurus, who predates Jesus by over 300 years, Sherri makes the remark, "Nothing predates the Christians". Listen for yourself...
I especially like one of the astute comments made on YouTube: Don't blame the girl. Blame the people who educated her. According to Wikipedia, she grew up in a seemingly nice Chicago suburb and worked as a legal secretary before turning to comedy so she must have at least graduated from high school. A Jehovah's Witness turned born-again Christian? So she went from being a fundamentalist Christian to a... fundamentalist Christian? Must make sense to someone ;) Anyway, she appears to have lived and breathed during the 20th Century, had at least a public school education, and pursued a real job, prior to entering fantasyland. So even if she never listened in public and/or private schools, if she is so freakin' religious and has read the Bible, she should know that in the plot line that Jesus (or a reference by name to Jesus) does not appear until the New Testament. So, students, the question of the hour is...
If there was nothing before Jesus, who wrote thirty-nine books of the Old Testament?Must have been magic! Oh, and isn't Jesus the Son of God? And what about all those written about in the Old Testament, like our favorite parents of all mankind, Adam and Eve? Wait a minute... did not Jesus come to save us all because Eve was tempted by the devil in the Garden and gave the apple to Adam? So, I think the lovely Sherri needs a little remedial bible school training as well. Perhaps she needs to engage her brain prior to vibrating those vocal chords. The bigger question I have... how many people out there sent in complaint mail to the network in support of Sherri's statements, knowing that she was speaking The Truth! Scary thought, eh? So, the next time you get the urge to watch The View, go find a library and read a book (non-fiction, preferably). (Via Petulant Rumblings and The Daily Background)
