Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
"Our Kermit, who art in heaven . . . "
OK, just for a moment consider what would happen here in the US:
Museum defies pope over crucified frog
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian museum Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as blasphemous.
The board of the Museion museum in the northern city of Bolzano decided by a majority vote that the frog was a work of art and would stay in place for the remainder of an exhibition.
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The Vatican wrote a letter of support in the pope's name to Franz Pahl, president of the regional government who opposed the sculpture. Pahl released parts of the letter, which said the work "wounds the religious sentiments of so many people who see in the cross the symbol of God's love."
"A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. You think when Jesus comes back, he ever wants to see a fucking cross? Kind of like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on, you know."
- Bill Hicks, of course.
Everyone have a good weekend.
Jim Downey
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OK, just for a moment
There would be some protests, but I'd expect the exhibit would still be displayed.
Wasn't it Lenny Bruce?
I think it was Lenny Bruce who said (paraphrasing) "If Jesus were crucified today, his followers would be wearing small electric chairs on chains around their necks.
Rob Miles
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There are only 10 types of people in the world;
those who understand binary and those who don't.
Reminds me -
- of this sci-fi story I read years ago - I don't even remember the title or author - where a christ-analog on an alien planet was dispatched with a guillotine, and the faithful wore tiny little replica guillotines for pendants.
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