Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Get That Whole BC Thing, Insists "Jesus Came First"

For whatever reason, the ladies on "The View" were discussing ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus this morning. Naturally, talk soon migrated to the topic of religion, and Sherri "I don't know if the world is flat" Shepherd came out to play. More specifically, to spew ignorance and a complete lack of understanding of basic world history! Discussing whether Christians were around during Epicurus' time (Epicurus lived from 341-270 B.C.), Sherri chimed in, "[The Greeks] had Christians 'cause they threw them to the lions."

When Whoopi tried to cautiously navigate her through the timeline of basic world events, saying, "I think this might predate that," Sherri responded, "I don't think anything predated Christians." Joy's attempt to explain the Greek-Roman-Christian chronology was futile, as Sherri insisted, "Jesus came first before them." Sherri's argument was all the more powerful due to her convincing "use your finger to write on the table" trick, but she can't fight the facts. Perhaps if Barbara were on today she would have explained THAT WHOLE B.C. THING (you know, as in, Before Christ).

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From ABC, 12/4

Comments

[raptor]

This has got to be the nadir of celebrity.

[farseer]

While this woman us woefully ignorant about history, the ignorance of many educated people concerning Jesus, the New Testament, the Bible, Christianity is no less deplorable. Frequently, public figures and journalists misstate the teachings of christianity.

[JD-28]

I AM RELAXED!!! DON'T I LOOK RELAXED?????????????????????? Okay, so I didn't get it katboy. Sorry, my bad. I gotta stop the meth before I blog. I just feel so passionately, as I am sure you do, about religious zealots and their negative impact on the US and the world as a whole. So, I get too serious I guess.

[Tankan]

The lady's entitled to believe what she want's to believe!
It's no justification to publicly crucify her day after day!
Time to move on already!

[booker52]

Lights are on, no one home. That would be Sherri. Not a mental giant, and she keeps putting her foot in her mouth. This from the woman who said she thought the world was flat.

[zull2]

Shepard's comments + all these ridiculous posts = NO REASON TO EVER, EVER WATCH THE VIEW.

[uheardme]

Plum colored sack of potatoes? Pig? wow. A black woman says something dumb on television and you crackers go beserk with 1500+ posts. Let's not forget ole fishy smelling Britney stole a wig from a dime store, Amy Crackhouse is walking around NY mumbling to herself with crack crystals hanging from her nose, and ANOTHER White Male has jack off on child porn. But this thread gets 1500+ posts. You paleface pedophiles really got your priorities out of whack.

[Waterloo]

Come on now people, she's laughing all the way to the bank. Look at the publicity her dumb remarks create. The View will never get rid of her as long as she keeps coming up with this garbage.

People will just keep tuning in to see what stupid comment she is going to come up with next. Every court use to have a jester.

[retarius]

Who is this stupid pig?

[brakmaster]

Be nice. She may look like a plum-colored sack of potatoes but her weave is halfway convincing.

[dgscol]

In the beginning there was Jesus... the first line in Oprah's bible.

[lyingtruth]

George Washington asked Pontius Pilate to pardon Jesus...but the letter went down with the Lisitania; sealing his fate!

[cycle3man]

Just plain dumb!
Wonder if she has a GED???

[leftbehind2000]

Jesus came first, but at least he kept going until I got off.

[ramal]

The "dumbing down of America" becomes more evident not with each passing day, but rather with each passing moment. These people, like most Americans, accept everything that is told to them. They don't know how to question, because they don't know how to think. Thinking would, of course, involve turning off the television and the ipod and sitting down to reflect for a couple of hours alone---impossible requests for most of the population.