The stupid... it burns!

[shipperx]

I saw this on "The Soup" the other night and then it popped up on AOL news this morning.  It still boggles my mind that there are people this ignorant:

Since starting her co-hosting role on 'The View,' Sherri Shepherd has had her share of "Huh?" moments. Most famously, the actress said she wasn't quite convinced that the earth was round.

A new quote burning up the viral world may become even more infamous, as Shepherd on Monday's 'View' got into a discussion about religion timelines with her fellow hosts. The ensuing discussion went in a head-scratching direction.

While talking about religion, Whoopi Goldberg suggests that ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus didn't have Jesus Christ or Christianity.

"They still had Christians back then," Shepherd retorts, claiming that the religion existed 300 years before Jesus Christ was born. "They had Christians and they threw them to the lions," she continues.

"I think this might predate that," Goldberg added.

"I don't think anything predated Christians," Shepherd replied.


*headdesk*


And (with a bit of cosmic irony) Happy Hannukah!

Comments

[darynthe.livejournal.com]

LMAO, she is too funny. wahahaha

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Kind of makes your jaw drop, doesn't it?

[sp23.livejournal.com]

LOL

Dear Sherri Shepherd:

Please to not be claiming to be part of my religion. You make us all look like idiots.

No love,

A non-idiotic Christian

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

And I still can't figure out exactly where she's getting this. I mean, I tried to think "Well, maybe she's thinking 'there's nothing beyond Genesis" which, while I do not agree, I could at least understand in a theological sense. But where the frell is the "Christianity existed 300 years before Jesus" thing coming from? Even if she's saying that Old Testament Judaism = Christianity, where's the three hundred years coming from? And if there was nothing before Christians/Jews then... WHAT?! Even if someone interprets the Bible literally it comes out as something like 6000 years. And, great googley-moogley Egyptians documented their own history (complete with still standing monuments) that date back 3000 B.C.

And what does she think "B.C." stands for anyway?

The stupid! It burns!

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Sherri Shepherd replies:


LALALALALA, I can't hear you!

[paratti.livejournal.com]

She quite clearly doesn't think, full stop.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

As I was stating above, I can't even figure out what line of thought she's following to come up with that.

At first I tried to think "She takes the Bible literally and is saying that nothing existed before Genesis", but she also said Christianity existed 300 years before Jesus (which...uh... doesn't Christianity by definition have to take place post-Jesus?), but maybe she's thinking Old Testament Judaism = Christianity... except if you take the Bible literally doesn't it still calculate out to something like 6000 years?

Where did 300 years come from? Even trying to suss out where she could come up with the figure gives me a headache.

[darynthe.livejournal.com]

Well maybe she doesn't know exactly when Epicurious lived, on one hand? I have a very fuzzy idea it was BC, and only because I am a big fan of the book Quo Vadis.

The last sentence about nothing predates Christians, can be stretched to be a retort on the predate verb used by Whoopi. Because they were talking of lions and predate also means hunt. Game word? ;)

Just trying to see a possible explanation here that doesn't involve her being a real blonde and living to their fame. :p

[elisi]

*points to icon*

Just... Sorry, I'm kinda speechless.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

The mind boggles.

[swsa.livejournal.com]

I saw that too. What does she think B.C. stands for?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Good question.

And someone should really tell the Egyptians that the pyramids were built before time began.

[cy-girl.livejournal.com]

Clearly she's never heard of the Old Testament.

What a nitwit.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Or she thinks Judaism = Christianity... except that still doesn't make sense of what she said because...

It's giving me a headache to think about it. I can't even come up with a wanky way to make what she's saying make sense from any cock-eyed perspective.

[usedtobeljs]

Oh. My. Goodness.

[shakes head forever]

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

And this woman is an adult. And I think she has kids.

::flails::

[nmissi.livejournal.com]

This is the very definition of painfully stupid. No. This is the full on Encyclopaedia Britannica entry for stupid. See Shepherd, Sherry.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

And I can't even figure out what her line of thinking in this could be. Any way I look at it... Nope. Still can't find a way to come up with this.

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

Yup. Her brain is just ooozing with smarts.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Maybe someone should stuff her ears with cotton so that it doesn't ooze out.

[(Anonymous)]

ROTFL.

[kitmarlowescot2.livejournal.com]

Anyone else have a feeling she is on something ?
Sounds like our local preacher I metioned in a later post. So does God talk to this one as well ?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Maybe she is on something. At least that would ammeliorate the stupidity just a little.

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

YEOUCH!