Reuters wrote:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan art gallery canceled on Friday its Easter-season exhibit of a life-size chocolate sculpture depicting a naked Jesus, after an outcry by Roman Catholics.
The sculpture "My Sweet Lord" by Cosimo Cavallaro was to have been exhibited for two hours each day next week in a street-level window of the Roger Smith Lab Gallery in Midtown Manhattan.
The display had been scheduled to open on Monday, days ahead of Good Friday when Christians mark the crucifixion of Jesus. But protests including a call to boycott the affiliated Roger Smith Hotel forced the gallery to scrap the showing.
"Your response to the exhibit at the Lab Gallery is crystal clear and has brought to our attention the unintended reaction of you and other conscientious friends of ours to the exhibition of Cosimo Cavallaro," Roger Smith Hotel President James Knowles said in a statement addressed to "Dear Friends."
"We have caused the cancellation of the exhibition and wish to affirm the dignity and responsibility of the hotel in all its affairs," the statement said.
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights had called for a boycott of the hotel, writing to 500 religious and secular organizations.
"This is an assault on Christians during Holy Week," said Kiera McCaffrey, director of communications for the league, which describes itself as the largest U.S. Catholic civil-rights group.
Wait... Why exactly is this an assault on Christians?
This league fights for religious and civil rights, but not the civil right of a museum to display art? Who the fuck cares about a chocolate Jesus?
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Are they sandy because Jesus is naked or because he's made out of chocolate?
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Are there any biblical references to the size of Jesus' schlong? Maybe the chocolate jesus is too big? Too small? It could be that he only had one ball and that's why you don't see him naked.
Dont go to church on sunday
Dont get on my knees to pray
Dont memorize the books of the bible
I got my own special way
Bit I know jesus loves me
Maybe just a little bit more
I fall on my knees every sunday
At zerelda lees candy store
Well its got to be a chocolate jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate jesus
Keep me satisfied
Well I dont want no anna zabba
Dont want no almond joy
There aint nothing better
Suitable for this boy
Well its the only thing
That can pick me up
Better than a cup of gold
See only a chocolate jesus
Can satisfy my soul
(solo)
When the weather gets rough
And its whiskey in the shade
Its best to wrap your savior
Up in cellophane
He flows like the big muddy
But thats ok
Pour him over ice cream
For a nice parfait
Well its got to be a chocolate jesus
Good enough for me
Got to be a chocolate jesus
Good enough for me
Well its got to be a chocolate jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate jesus
Keep me satisfied
IT'S HARD TO PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT; SOMETHING IS WRONG
I'M LIKE THE UNCLE WHO HUGGED YOU A LITTLE TOO LONG
Dregor Thule wrote:No comment from Cartalas about me finally being able to find Jesus? I'm disappointed.
are you joking? that would have actually required some form of wit and intelligence, both of which he completely lacks.
this type of shit was obviously done to generate a reaction and get news. unfortunately that is about all that most modern artists can accomplish these days, because they sure don't have any real creative talent.
It was prolly the placement for the output of the white chocolate fountain that got to them...they could deal with the edible Jesus...but the Jesus Juice was a bit too much...Something about spilling his sweets went against Catholic Dogma...
When I was in art school the faculty bought a color photograph of Jesus submerged in urine and blood by Serrano. You couldn't tell what it was, unless someone told you, it just looked like a statue of Jesus floating in red.
Huge outrage, faculty reprimanded, news coverage. Peeing on Jesus may be a little more offensive than chocolate Jesus. But it was a pretty photograph.
Chocolate Jesus is amusing though.
kyoukan wrote:hey that's fucking great winnow. I'm wondering though; could you be a creepier fucking pervert?
Pervert: a term and concept describing those types of human behavior that are perceived to be a deviation from what is considered to be orthodox or normal. Perversion differs from deviant behavior, since the latter refers to a recognized violation of social rules or norms (although the two terms can apply to the same behavior).
-A definite yes on the pervert part.
Creepy: unnerving through fear: unsettling because of causing fear, disgust, or uneasiness ( informal )
-I suppose so on the creepy part. I can't help it if people are creeped out. I can definately be more perverted though!
dibit_eq wrote:I hear they're angry because some godless heathen already claimed the ears for after the exhibit. Everyone always wants those first.
So what does it mean when you chew out the eyes first and scream, "Stop staring at me!"
NEW YORK (AP) - An anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ infuriated Catholics and even led to threats, but the artist says offers to buy or exhibit the piece have been pouring in.
Ermmmmm how do they know it was anatomically correct? I don't recall the part of the the new testament where they give Jesus measurements..."Yeah verily and hung he was like unto an ass and clipped as befits the people of moses"...must be one of those repressed gospels?...like the Phallic Gospels maybe...
kyoukan wrote:that would be anatomically accurate.
Ok well the bible also never mentions that he had a penis at all...so we don't know if it's correct or accurate......the words genetalia, penis and testicles just make most Americans cringe......
He wasn't black... how many black Jews do you know? besides Sammy Davis Jr.? He was Arabic looking, that's not black. But he obviously didn't have blond hair and blue eyes either
More importantly though I was actually reading the book of John when I saw this on the news and LO and BEHOLD the very verse I was reading was about how the Roman soldiers stipped Jesus before he died. Of course we never see this portrayed like we do the lance wound or anything probably because of the hang ups on sex but who knows.
To me it would be why the guy did it, was it to get attention or to portray Jesus as a work of art, Chocolate art oddly enough but art nontheless I guess. It's all about motives in reagards to praise most of the time.
Truant wrote:What is the average wang size expressed in cubits anyways?
Well if we assume a Roman cubit (safeish assumption) that is 120 cm...average wang is 15.5ish cm...so .13 cubits unless it is a cold winter in Judea...
Marbus wrote:He wasn't black... how many black Jews do you know? besides Sammy Davis Jr.? He was Arabic looking, that's not black. But he obviously didn't have blond hair and blue eyes either
That stuff black people put into their hair to stain the backs of chairs isn't called soul glow for nothing!
I find it funny that your average god fearing (white) christian freaks out at the thought of Jesus being black.
scraggly hippy hair > fro?
What's so great about a sickly looking unwashed white guy? Black, tan or computer geek white, why would this guy have genitals? Supposedly Mary was miraculously knocked up by God to create him...there's nothing that says all the parts need to be there if they already knew he was going to get nailed to a cross for the stupid humans' sins. Why should God waste time on creating parts that weren't going to be used?
We need a third testament, or whatever the bible versions go by, that is written by Michael Crichton or someone else that can write in a style as if you were watching a movie. The bible is worse than reading a fucking Nostradamus quatrain that can be interpreted a bazillion ways. We need one that says "gays are out" or "gays are in" for example. Not one that beats around the bush. Make him black this time. If it doesn't go over well, they can make him white again in the next bible revamp. Frank Miller is great at exaggerating events and making them into fantasy works so he'd be perfect to write an updated bible movie. I'd go see it if a hot Mary gets fucked by a God in a dream sequence. Was Mary black too or did a white Mary pop out a black Jesus? If so, this whole Jesus/Bible business may be a coverup for indiscretions at the favorite camel watering hole.
It cracks me up how serious people get over this stuff.
Jesus was a capricorn
He ate organic food
He believed in love and peace
And never wore no shoes
Long hair, beard and sandles
And a funky bunch of friends
Reckon wed just nail him up
If he came down again
cause everybodys gotta have somebody to look down on
Who they can feel better than at any time they please
Someone doin somethin dirty decent folks can frown on
If you cant find nobody else, then help yourself to me
Eggheads cussing rednecks cussing
Hippies for their hair
Others laugh at straights who laugh at
Freaks who laugh at squares
Some folks hate the whites
Who hate the blacks who hate the klan
Most of us hate anything that
We dont understand
cause everybodys gotta have somebody to look down on
Who they can feel better than at any time they please
Someone doin somethin dirty decent folks can frown on
If you cant find nobody else, then help yourself to me
Jesus was way cool
Everybody liked Jesus
Everybody wanted to hang out with him
Anything he wanted to do, he did
He turned water into wine
And if he wanted to
He could have turned wheat into marijuana
Or sugar into cocaine
Or vitamin pills into amphetamines
He walked on the water
And swam on the land
He would tell these stories
And people would listen
He was really cool
If you were blind or lame
You just went to Jesus
And he would put his hands on you
And you would be healed
That's so cool
He could've played guitar better than Hendrix
He could've told the future
He could've baked the most delicious cake in the world
He could've scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky
He could've danced better than Barishnikov
Jesus could have been funnier than any comedian you can think of
Jesus was way cool
He told people to eat his body and drink his blood
That's so cool
Jesus was so cool
But then some people got jealous of how cool he was
So they killed him
But then he rose from the dead
He rose from the dead, danced around
Then went up to heaven
I mean, that's so cool
Jesus was way cool
No wonder there are so many Christians
"It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant."- Barack Obama
Koyu did you actually READ that site you linked in? It said he had a couple of darker relatives (black if you want to call them that) in his linage. Since some prejudice white people consider anyone with 1 black person in their line "black" then Jesus was black.
My point is that I'm sure 99% of the people, except for the Roman occupiers, had a very similar lineage. Thus Jesus looked, primarily Arabic, just like everyone else in the near east at that point in time.
I will agree on the surface that most people do think of Jesus being much lighter than his skin color probably was...
Marbus wrote:Koyu did you actually READ that site you linked in? It said he had a couple of darker relatives (black if you want to call them that) in his linage. Since some prejudice white people consider anyone with 1 black person in their line "black" then Jesus was black.
Not to mention that it goes on to say that he basically has three "uncles", one of whom was the first black guy. Uhh... no. I realize we like to believe the bible literally, but god didn't turn a guy black to make the first black guy. That didn't happen. I'm sorry, I'm all for people believing what they want, but that's preposterous. It's akin to how the elephant got its trunk.
Jesus wasn't white like me, and he wasn't black like an African. He was Middle Eastern. Check out the nightly news on TV to see what they look like, that region seems to be in the news quite often lately.
"It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant."- Barack Obama
Well it's saying the stuff about Noah's sons because some prejudice white people, primarily southern baptists (I say that because I was going to a SB Church when I heard this and have never heard anyone say anything like it since but at the time it was a "commonly held" belief) are taught that the reason Black people had to deal with slavery in the US etc... is because they are decendants of Ham who "saw his father's nekkedness." Obviously for anyone with any common sense this doesn't make the least bit of sense whatsoever. (You migth could argue that Ham's decendants are still warring against one another - middle east Iran / Iraq I guess though)
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Hesten wrote:Grrr, it worked and showed fine when i tested it . Ill download the pics and post somewhere else after i get home from work
The only way to test hotlinked images for blockage is to post them, clear your browser cache (while not on the thread showing the images of course) and then view the thread again to see if they're still there.
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...the words genetalia, penis and testicles just make most Americans cringe...
. Ill download the pics and post somewhere else after i get home from work 
