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White Supremist in Uproar over Chocolate Juses :D

Chocolate Jesus show canceled
By Son of Sam, Associated Press Writer
Fri Mar 30, 4:59 PM ET



NEW YORK - A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics complained.





The "My Sweet Lord" display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in midtown Manhattan. Roger Smith Hotel president James Knowles cited the public outcry for his decision.

The reaction "is crystal clear and has brought to our attention the unintended reaction of you and other conscientious friends of ours to the exhibition," Knowles wrote in the two-paragraph cancellation notice.

Matt Semler, the gallery's creative director, resigned in protest.

The six-foot sculpture was the victim of "a strong-arming from people who haven't seen the show, seen what we're doing," Semler said. "They jumped to conclusions completely contrary to our intentions."

But word of the confectionary Christ infuriated Catholics, including Egan, who described it as "a sickening display." Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, said it was "one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever."

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 over the work of artist Cosimo Cavallaro, who was described as disappointed by the decision to cancel the display.

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

The sculpture was to debut Monday evening, the day after Palm Sunday and just four days before Christians mark the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. The final day of the exhibit was planned for Easter Sunday.

The artwork was created from more than 200 pounds of milk chocolate, and features Christ with his arms outstretched as if on an invisible cross. Unlike the typical religious portrayal of Christ, the Cavallaro creation does not include a loincloth.

Cavallaro hoped the sculpture could go on display elsewhere, according to Semler.

Cavallaro is best known for his quirky work with food as art: Past efforts include repainting a Manhattan hotel room in melted mozzarella, spraying five tons of pepper jack cheese on a Wyoming home, and festooning a four-poster bed with 312 pounds of processed ham.



Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_en_ot/chocolate_jesus
 
You know its stuff like this that makes the white, blue eyed, blonde haired baby Jesus cry.
 
I prefer piss christ if we're going to go trashing the Saviour.

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Why bother even bashing on Christianity? Doesn't that show a major surplus of insecurity on the part of those who do it? Innit like trying to troll trolls, more than a bit?

The same thing works on religion as works on any other kind of troll -- regard it, and react to it, as the insignificant flotsam of the moment it is. And then it will be.
 
The Saint said:
Why bother even bashing on Christianity? Doesn't that show a major surplus of insecurity on the part of those who do it? Innit like trying to troll trolls, more than a bit?

The same thing works on religion as works on any other kind of troll -- regard it, and react to it, as the insignificant flotsam of the moment it is. And then it will be.
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Well, who gets to define "bashing?" Isn't the intent weighed or does some obscure old Catholic somewhere get to decide? What I'm saying is, my strawberry swirl Jesus may be the equivalent to someone else's Jesus nailed to a cross and hanging in a sanctuary in personal meaning.
 
The Saint said:
Why bother even bashing on Christianity? Doesn't that show a major surplus of insecurity on the part of those who do it? Innit like trying to troll trolls, more than a bit?

The same thing works on religion as works on any other kind of troll -- regard it, and react to it, as the insignificant flotsam of the moment it is. And then it will be.
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I dont think its even meant to bash Jesus, its just a Jesus made out of chocolate instead of marble or plaster. I say big deal.
 
dogbert said:
I dont think its even meant to bash Jesus, its just a Jesus made out of chocolate instead of marble or plaster. I say big deal.
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Maybe he should have been made out of vanilla :D
 
Here's my problem with the whole thing.

I'm a Catholic and not just a cultural Sunday Catholic.

The truth is, Jesus was naked on the cross. The whole loincloth thing has been an issue of decorum since the early Christians (before they used that name, even) began depicting the Crucifixion.

So as a Catholic, I have no problem with a historically accurate Crucifixion, if done with taste. (Though not appearing in churches and other places where crucifixes are found)

But making it out of chocolate? And giving Jesus a ponytail?

I think it just reeks of "hey it's the biggest week in Christianity, and they're only good for making money from, so let's get 'em all stirred up."

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