{"id":4347,"date":"2012-06-19T20:18:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T02:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2012-06-19T20:18:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T02:18:13","slug":"eating-tomatoes-makes-you-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4347","title":{"rendered":"Eating Tomatoes Makes You a Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Salafist Muslims<\/a> proclaim that eating tomatoes might lead you down the false path to Christianity.<\/a><\/p>\n

The group posted a photo on its page of a tomato – which appears to reveal the shape of a cross after being cut in half \u2013 along with the message: \u201cEating tomatoes is forbidden because they are Christian. [The tomato] praises the cross instead of Allah and says that Allah is three (a reference to the Trinity).<\/p>\n

[God help us]. I implore you to spread this photo because there is a sister from Palestine who saw the prophet of Allah [Mohammad] in a vision and he was crying, warning his nation against eating them [tomatoes]. If you don\u2019t spread this [message], know that it is the devil who stopped you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Silly fundamentalists. Eating tomatoes will lead you to worship Coatlicue.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Salafist Muslims proclaim that eating tomatoes might lead you down the false path to Christianity. The group posted a photo on its page of a tomato – which appears to reveal the shape of a cross after being cut in half \u2013 along with the message: \u201cEating tomatoes is forbidden because they are Christian. 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