About this Chocolate Jesus thin [1]g that seems all the rage in Blogdom these last few days…
As a Christian, I must confess that I don’t find this all that disturbing. After all, this isn’t Christ stuffed into a bottle of Urine, or a statue made of cow poo, or something… which by the way I objected to at the time and still do. How is this statue more offensive than these other alleged works of art? What about the medium of Chocolate, is so offensive? I mean, if this was done in marble, would there be such an outcry?
The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled “My Sweet Lord”, depicts Jesus Christ naked on the cross.
Oh, I see. This one doesn’t have a loincloth. Perhaps Mr. Donahue would be so good is to explain to us where in the Bible and mentions the was wearing one? Somehow I tend to doubt he would take me up on this.
Catholic League head Bill Donohue called it “one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever”.
Really? How?
“The fact that they chose Holy Week shows this is calculated, and the timing is deliberate,” Mr Donohue said.
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Mr Semler said the timing of the exhibition was coincidental.
Even if the timing was not incidental, I still fail to see why the outrage. Certainly, there was one major idiot they could depend on to draw attention to the work.
My advice to Mr. Donahue is to reserve his rage for something that actually deserves it. This ain’t it.