Is this really that different than the Muhammad drawings?

[metadigital]

I think Jesus would be Belgian chocolate, not the inferior British vegelate. There would be a second coming if someone tried to use US chocolate.

[Musopticon?]

I'd prefer Swedish. To me it's like the second coming every time I eat it.

[Rosbjerg]

I'd prefer Swedish. To me it's like the second coming every time I eat it.

 

there's something very perverted about that statement.

[Dark_Raven]

They should practice what they preach and turn the other cheek.

[Walsingham]

I think it makes a very effective propaganda tool. It tells me Jesus is sweet and delicious, if fattening in large quantities. And I might also add that if male genitals are offensive in religious art someone had better tell the Pope.

 

As for the most offensive thing to ever happen to Christianity... that man should be obliged to sit down and view most of mainstream culture. Like in A Clockwork Orange.

 

And finally, sense of humour? Sense of humour? I get irascible if someone tells me I can't drink for a week. Try the rest of your life!

[Rosbjerg]

I just realized that my sig actually makes alot of sense when put in relation to this thread..

[metadigital]

I'd prefer Swedish. To me it's like the second coming every time I eat it.

Are you still talking about chocolate?

[Dyan]

They should practice what they preach and turn the other cheek.

 

Don't they have a right to be offended? I agree that they should turn the other cheek, but as long as they are protesting peacefully what is the problem? Death threats are not very "Christian" however

[tripleRRR]

They should practice what they preach and turn the other cheek.

 

Don't they have a right to be offended? I agree that they should turn the other cheek, but as long as they are protesting peacefully what is the problem? Death threats are not very "Christian" however

 

 

What death threats? There were none, just alot of complaining. Good grief and learn to read.

[Walsingham]

They should practice what they preach and turn the other cheek.

 

Don't they have a right to be offended? I agree that they should turn the other cheek, but as long as they are protesting peacefully what is the problem? Death threats are not very "Christian" however

 

 

What death threats? There were none, just alot of complaining. Good grief and learn to read.

 

I believe our colleague was assuming that for anyone to draw the analogy there would have had to have been death threats.

[Kaftan Barlast]

There were death threats.

 

 

The hotel and the gallery were overrun Thursday with angry phone calls and e-mails about the exhibit. Semler said the calls included death threats...

 

"In this situation, the hotel couldn't continue to be supportive because of a fear for their own safety," Semler said.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_en_ot/chocolate_jesus

[Cantousent]

There were death threats.

 

 

The hotel and the gallery were overrun Thursday with angry phone calls and e-mails about the exhibit. Semler said the calls included death threats...

 

"In this situation, the hotel couldn't continue to be supportive because of a fear for their own safety," Semler said.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_en_ot/chocolate_jesus

 

See, this is where other Christians need to step in and set the matter straight. Christians themselves need to make it clear that we will not abide such behavior. It needs to be clear to every Christian who uses violence as a tactic that the person who reports you, the person who arrests you, the judge in the trial, and the jury of your peers are likely all going to be Christian and yet you will be punished for breaking the law. One of my biggest concerns regarding the response to the Mohammad cartoons was the response from the Muslim community at large to the acts of violence. The Muslims speaking unconditionally condemning the violence were too few while the majority reacted with either tepid condemnation or even tacit agreement. Christians must uphold the law, even if it requires the use of force on other Christians.

 

Now, in some cases the law is wrong. In some cases, Christians would be obliged to break the law and even fight back against injustice, but I doubt offensive candy qualifies in either case.

[Walsingham]

There were death threats.

 

 

The hotel and the gallery were overrun Thursday with angry phone calls and e-mails about the exhibit. Semler said the calls included death threats...

 

"In this situation, the hotel couldn't continue to be supportive because of a fear for their own safety," Semler said.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_en_ot/chocolate_jesus

 

See, this is where other Christians need to step in and set the matter straight. Christians themselves need to make it clear that we will not abide such behavior. It needs to be clear to every Christian who uses violence as a tactic that the person who reports you, the person who arrests you, the judge in the trial, and the jury of your peers are likely all going to be Christian and yet you will be punished for breaking the law. One of my biggest concerns regarding the response to the Mohammad cartoons was the response from the Muslim community at large to the acts of violence. The Muslims speaking unconditionally condemning the violence were too few while the majority reacted with either tepid condemnation or even tacit agreement. Christians must uphold the law, even if it requires the use of force on other Christians.

 

Now, in some cases the law is wrong. In some cases, Christians would be obliged to break the law and even fight back against injustice, but I doubt offensive candy qualifies in either case.

 

Insofaras I have any right to judge, being at best a very poor sort of Christian, I agree. It is disgusting and contemptible that any faith should issue death threats, but it is nothing short of obscene to do so in the name of Jesus. It's like Jews expressing annoyance by eating mounds of bacon. On Saturday.

[Dark_Raven]

Maybe they will recruit some suicide bombers and make it known world wide their displeasire.

[Dyan]

It is disgusting and contemptible that any faith should issue death threats, but it is nothing short of obscene to do so in the name of Jesus.

 

QTF.

 

To which I was agreeing that the ones who issued the death threats would do well to reexamine their own scriptures and 'turn the other cheek'. At least, that's what I was trying to get across in my first post. Apologises for any confusion.

[Skynet]

So are people angry just because it's chocolate, or because they think it's designed to ridicule their beliefs (not sure if it actually is or not)?

 

Although I agree with Eldar's view of handling stuff like death threats, the majority of inappropriate Christian protesting is not serious enough to go to court and cannot be dealt with in that way. I would also extend the solution to encouraging and supporting positive forms of protest. Sunday sermons and classes usually focus on ways to implement biblical values into people's lives, so why not spend a couple weeks on healthy ways to express political and religious viewpoints? After all, the biggest complaint about Christianity generally is their treatment of those who disagree.

 

 

Maybe they will recruit some suicide bombers and make it known world wide their displeasire.

You know, spouting hatred all the time doesn't make you appear more righteous, tough, or intelligent. It just makes you look like the very people you despise.

 

 

Edit: What does QTF mean? I'm not very good at internet slang.

Edited April 9, 2007 by Skynet

[tripleRRR]

Quoted For Truth. It's a way of saying you agree with what someone posted.

[Walsingham]

It is disgusting and contemptible that any faith should issue death threats, but it is nothing short of obscene to do so in the name of Jesus.

 

QTF.

 

To which I was agreeing that the ones who issued the death threats would do well to reexamine their own scriptures and 'turn the other cheek'. At least, that's what I was trying to get across in my first post. Apologises for any confusion.

 

I was QFTing you, good sir.

[Sand]

Being angry is all fine and good. Expressing anger in a form of protests and boycotts is all fine. Death threats and violence is where I draw the line. I have studied the Christian faith and while I don't agree with it on many things such actions as those definitely does not follow Christian tenets, though it wouldn't be the first time violence has been done in Jesus' name. Christians should uphold what is right, and sometimes the right thing to do isn't the lawful thing to do. Then again it sometimes takes to long to figure out what the right thing to do is and what is right for one may not be right for someone else so who are they to judge.

 

 

Okay, I am babbling now.

 

[Walsingham]

Being angry is all fine and good. Expressing anger in a form of protests and boycotts is all fine. Death threats and violence is where I draw the line. I have studied the Christian faith and while I don't agree with it on many things such actions as those definitely does not follow Christian tenets, though it wouldn't be the first time violence has been done in Jesus' name. Christians should uphold what is right, and sometimes the right thing to do isn't the lawful thing to do. Then again it sometimes takes to long to figure out what the right thing to do is and what is right for one may not be right for someone else so who are they to judge.

 

 

Okay, I am babbling now.

 

 

I rather suspect that Jefferson put it along the lines of when you are in a democracy you have a say in the law, thus you have no excuse for disobeying it. BUt I learned that from a comic, so I could be wrong.