Spring is in the air and the holiest of Catholic holidays has the Moose Jaw Co-op celebrating Easter with a live baby chick display in the front of the store.

1. It fails in that it defines Easter as a Catholic holiday rather than a Christian celebration.
2. It fails in that it infers that live baby chicks are associated with the celebration of this Catholic holiday. Sorry, Jesus, we don’t want to mess up the sweet and sentimental with the real story!
3. It fails in associating the “holiest of Catholic holidays” with a display at the local Co-op (Consumerism trumps Faith).
4. It fails in that it infers that there is a connection between the season of Spring and event of Easter when there is no such connection.

Some basic research or checking of facts would have resulted in a more accurate and less bothersome lead sentence.

[W]ithin Canada’s writing and intellectual community, many people I know will not consider the idea that skepticism toward the existence of God may not be absolutely progressive.

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