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Newspaper punished for photo of Jesus holding a cigarette
I don't usually post foreign-news items, but I couldn't resist this one. (Thanks to G-Man for coming up with the image.) (Associated Press)
August 24, 2007 | Permalink
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Bong hit jesus is much more fun than smoking jesus.
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Aug 24, 2007 6:36:18 AM
Hahaahahaaaa!
Hey-at least there probably won't be riots over this in christian countries all over the world.
Posted by: V | Aug 24, 2007 6:38:25 AM
Because no one in Italy ever smokes, for example.
How silly.
Posted by: V | Aug 24, 2007 6:39:35 AM
Here's the image: http://kikoshouse.blogspot.com/2007/08/christ-almighty-what-outrage.html
Thank goodness for freedom of press in this country or Jim's website would be mighty boring.
Posted by: G-Man | Aug 24, 2007 6:42:21 AM
Wow. That's pretty funny, actually. It's one of those cookie-cutter type blonde Jesus images, and they've given him a smoke and a budweiser. Tee hee!
Posted by: V | Aug 24, 2007 6:44:11 AM
I wonder what The Community would do if they caught a glimpse of a few of Mister's more sedate sketches of Jesus and the 12 Disciples. One of them has Judah flying the bird, a few of them are smoking, and Jesus is holding a sign that says something like, "Give Peas a Chance" or "Jerusalem or bust."
This whole thing is hysterical. I giggle quite a bit whenever any religious affiliation gets their knickers in a twist over their beloved deity-figure being portrayed as less-than-godly. For pete's sake, I'm sure the Greeks wouldn't have had a piss-fest if someone sketched Zeus in a speedo or portrayed Hera as a drag queen.
Posted by: Soo | Aug 24, 2007 6:47:34 AM
With that kind of lifestyle Jesus probably had trouble getting life insurance....which probably wouldn't have mattered since being crucified most likely nullified the policy anyway.
Posted by: jimmyjohn | Aug 24, 2007 6:49:15 AM
Ans the Lord doth say, "Smoke 'em if ye got 'em."
Posted by: Ted Kooser | Aug 24, 2007 6:51:45 AM
Oh, I don't know about that Soo, the Greeks got pretty uptight about their gods, too, when they were being serious. The myth stories were great, though :D
Posted by: V | Aug 24, 2007 6:51:53 AM
"""or portrayed Hera as a drag queen"""
She was a drag queen Soo, but a sexy one :-)
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Aug 24, 2007 6:51:57 AM
But the Romans were worse ;D
Hera, yeah, I ca see Hera as a big drag queen, kind of like Nathan Lane in the Birdcage but more jealous and with god-powers.
Tee hee!
Posted by: V | Aug 24, 2007 6:53:27 AM
These are kinda old, but if you haven't seen The Adventures of Jesus and his Brothers, you should.
http://www.icebox.com/index.php?id=show&showid=s6
Posted by: dep | Aug 24, 2007 7:00:53 AM
Malaysian Christians need to cowboy it up and show they're not thin-skinned hysterics like those Muslim cartoon protestors last year. I'm too lazy to look it up, but I remember Jesus saying somewhere in the Bible that being persecuted was a Good Thing anyway.
Posted by: flatdaddy | Aug 24, 2007 7:02:36 AM
Hey, all I'm gonna say is "My house, my rules." or, in this case, my country, my rules.
Posted by: Random White Guy | Aug 24, 2007 7:03:46 AM
I always thought of Jesus as more of a wine drinker than a beer drinker.
Posted by: G-Man | Aug 24, 2007 7:04:41 AM
Really. He probably got the good wine from Mary Magdalene, too. Beer is SO passe ;D
Posted by: V | Aug 24, 2007 7:05:45 AM
Reminds me of a song called 'God Is My Friend' by Bob Schneider. Lyrics and the visuals from them are hilarious. Similar to Jesus w/a beer and/or cigarette.
Posted by: Amy Gdala | Aug 24, 2007 7:16:17 AM
Why is it that the poorer the people, the more hysterical they get over religion?
I prefer the 'Buddy Christ' from Dogma myself.
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | Aug 24, 2007 7:17:36 AM
Sean - LOVE the Buddy Christ thumbs up and wink! That would look so cool on my dashboard! lol
Posted by: Amy Gdala | Aug 24, 2007 7:20:07 AM
A couple of years ago, I read a news story about the discovery at some archeological site of the oldest recipe in the world, which was for making beer. Beer was old news by Jesus' time.
Posted by: Sheila | Aug 24, 2007 7:20:24 AM
Hey the Romans were NOT worse! They were very tollerant of other religions, you just had to pay lip service at the official god's temple. The Romans were good at absorbing other culture's gods.
It wasn't until Constantine took power and made Christianity the only religion, with worhsip of other gods punishable by death, that the Romans had an official stance on religion.
Jebus only died because he kept stirring up the pot in Judea, pissing off the majority religion. The Romans killed him to keep the peace, not out of some religious fervor. In fact, Christians have a healthy history of killing those who disbelieve. They're lucky they got a few hundred years head-start on Islam, eh? I'm sure the Muslims will chill out after another few hundered. It's only fair!
Posted by: Sean, Torrington CT | Aug 24, 2007 7:20:37 AM
Very surprised by all the flip comments. You'd think a primarily Muslim country would exact a reasonable amount of praise for their act of respect.
Posted by: thomas | Aug 24, 2007 7:22:14 AM
Jesus was way cool..he could turn vitamin pills into amphetamines
....or so I've heard
Posted by: SteveO | Aug 24, 2007 7:22:23 AM
There's evidence of winemaking that goes back at least 7000 years. Since all you really have to do to get wine is store grapes in a closed container for a while (the yeast that makes wine grows naturally on the grapes. Now that's something that makes me ponder the existence of the divine ;d) it probably came about way before beer.
http://www.winepros.org/wine101/history.htm
Posted by: V | Aug 24, 2007 7:22:52 AM
There's a really funny book called Lamb, by Christopher Moore, which is the Gospel According to Biff, Jesus's childhood friend. It's hilarious!
Posted by: dep | Aug 24, 2007 7:24:39 AM
