'Anti-Christian' Jeans Sell Well in Sweden

www.newsmax.com ^ | Friday, Dec. 30, 2005 8:40 a.m. EST

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Cheap Monday jeans are a hot commodity among young Swedes thanks to their trendy tight fit and low price, even if a few buyers are turned off by the logo: a skull with a cross turned upside down on its forehead.

Logo designer Bjorn Atldax says he's not just trying for an antiestablishment vibe.

"It is an active statement against Christianity," Atldax told The Associated Press. "I'm not a Satanist myself, but I have a great dislike for organized religion."

The label's makers say it's more of a joke, but Atldax insists his graphic designs have a purpose beyond selling denim: to make young people question Christianity, a "force of evil" that he blames for sparking wars throughout history.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

If you want to make money selling jeans in Sweden (or anywhere in Europe), 'Islamic Jeans' is the way to go..

[Alex Murphy]

...even if a few buyers are turned off by the logo: a skull with a cross turned upside down on its forehead...."It is an active statement against Christianity," Atldax told The Associated Press. "I'm not a Satanist myself, but I have a great dislike for organized religion."

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[exit82]

This tripe from a Swedish jeans designer--the Swedes, who never fight for anything, but always stay neutral in a conflict---so worried about organized religion causing wars.

Oh, the humanity.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Anti Christian Swedes hey. Well, I caught a tube blip where Christianity is on the rise in France, especially amongst the young.

[ozzysmom]

I wonder if this idiot has the courage to make a pair of jeans with an islamic symbol desecrated?

[Callahan]

Dateline 2042: In the Islamic Republic of Sweden, and elderly fashion designer is stoned to death.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

These jeans are begging for a wedgie! An enormous wedgie! A pull the waistband right over the forehead wedgie!

[BlessedBeGod]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549203/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549329/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549477/posts

[whipitgood]

"...a great dislike for organized religion..."
He apparently thinks of Christianity as an organized religion. I wonder where he thinks his dislike for "organized religion" (more likely he means any religion) comes from?

[whipitgood]

The people who want to make money by selling 'anti-christian' apparel fit into the same category as those who want to use christianity as a source of income.

[Brilliant]

Of course, the Swedish are well known for their intolerance.

[conservative barking moonbat]

I don't get it.

In all the videos I've seen of Sweden, everybody's naked 24/7.

[Razorism]

Notice that a cheap pair of jeans costs $50.00 in Sweden, here you could buy a cheap pair of jeans for $20.00. Strange price difference in an era of free trade. Naive fair minded Americans taken advantage of again by so called free trade.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

sorry I searched before posting mine, but nothing came up.

[Galveston Grl]

Want to bet that Mr. Atldax is a homosexual with his panties in a wad?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

"I'm not a Satanist myself..."

"...I just like to put his face on my butt..."