My standard is this: No depiction of anything is obscene. All depictions are innocent and harmless.
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My standard is this: No depiction of anything is obscene. All depictions are innocent and harmless.
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Happy Halloween everybody! Now you can Dress up Jesus in a variety of scary costumes just by dragging the items to him with your mouse.
This "attack on Jesus" is causing some Christians to curb their enthusiasm for Larry David. Piss on them.
1. Dana Ellyn, "Jesus Gets His Nails Done (at the mall)", 2009.
Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
Karl Marx, Introduction to Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, 1844.
Soldier: "Welcome, son. To survive, all we must do is eat your flesh."
Marge Simpson: "Hold it right there, Bub! What kind of civilized people eat the body and blood of their savior?"
Reverend Lovejoy: [Groans nervously]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued a press release responding to the segment as follows:
What kind of uncivilized people work at Fox? Last year, when they poked some gentle fun at the Apostle's Creed on the Halloween episode, we said nothing. That's because it didn't cross the line. This year is different: mocking the heart of any religion always crosses the line, and mocking the Eucharist does it for Catholics. They know this at Fox, which is precisely why they did it.
Bill Donohue, "THE SIMPSONS" CROSSES THE LINE
. . . there's nothing wrong with mocking the "heart of any religion," and Holy Communion is perfectly fair game. Let Catholics defend the practice of eating Jesus. The rest of us can call it what it is: absurd.
Hermant Mehta, The Simpsons vs. Bill Donohue
Silly superstitions will always be a magnet for mockery.
PZ Myers, Piling on Bill Donohue again