Larry David made Jesus cry, some Catholics baww'ing

In the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm--"The Bare Midriff"--Larry David inadvertently causes a "miracle" to occur when a droplet of his urine accidentally splashes on a painting of Jesus¹. Two Christian characters mistake Larry's urine droplet on the painting for a miraculous weeping Jesus. One of the Christian characters quits her job and plans to take the weeping Jesus painting on tour.

This "attack on Jesus" is causing some Christians to curb their enthusiasm for Larry David. Piss on them.

Andres Serrano, "Piss Christ", 1987.

_{1. Dana Ellyn, "Jesus Gets His Nails Done (at the mall)", 2009.}

The Simpsons arouses thin-skinned Catholic ire

"Treehouse of Horror XX" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons' twenty-first season. The episode aired on October 18, 2009. In the segment titled "Don't Have a Cow, Mankind," Bart is worshipped as the "chosen one" and people believe that cannibalizing Bart will save them from a virus.

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

Christians mad at accurate depictions of Bible porn

From The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

The Daily Mail reports some Christians are unhappy at an illustrated book that accurately depicts the tales of rape and incest in the Bible.

He [the author] has said he does not believe that the Bible is the word of God. "I take it all for myth from start to finish, with probably some faint relation to historical reality." he said.

The response from the Christian Institute:

If you are going to publish your own version of the Bible it must be done with a great deal of sensitivity [sensitivity, sensitivity, sensitivity]. The Bible is a very important text to many many people and should be treated with the respect it deserves.

Photo by Flea Snobbery, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license.

The idea of millions of people taking this so seriously is totally nuts [ . . . ]. The Bible doesn't need to be satirised. It's already so crazy.R. Crumb, US cartoonist Crumb zaps the Bible

Jesus cock-sucking Christ

The Daily Mail reports the Delaware Catholic diocese files for bankruptcy in order to try and delay child abuse charges.

The diocese - which covers the state of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland - was accused of 'a desperate effort to hide the truth', with more than 100 claimants facing an indefinite delay to their sex abuse lawsuits. The bankruptcy filing automatically delays the case in Kent County Superior Court, the first of eight consecutive abuse trials scheduled in Delaware.

The most accurate logo of all time: 1973 logo of the Catholic Church's Archdiocesan Youth Commission.