Posted on 04/03/2007 11:13:39 PM PDT by neverdem
Now would seem a good time for all good Catholics to calm down. Some are making life difficult for those of us who insist that religious folks in this country are relatively sane and civilized about their beliefs and supportive of the principles, including free expression, that allow us to worship (or not) as we please.
Especially problematic are those who've reportedly made death threats recently to express disapproval of the now infamous, anatomically correct chocolate Jesus.
Death threats? Isn't that what outraged Muslims do when cartoons hurt their feelings? I guess all God's children got guns.
Having now seen photographs of the chocolate figure, I can't say that I was deeply offended. It wasn't pornographic, and using chocolate as a medium isn't inherently disrespectful.
That said, no one should pretend that the sculpture was intended as a tribute to Christ. When invitations to view a nude chocolate Jesus during Easter week read "Come Eat Jesus,'' one can without hysteria infer that the purpose is to mock those who celebrate the passion of Christ and to trivialize the sacrament of communion.
The pity is that those who felt mocked reacted with choreographic outrage, thus giving the offending camp the free publicity it craves. Catholic League watchdog Bill Donohue led the usual pep rally and, after a few days of hue and cry, the exhibit was canceled by the hotel that housed the gallery where the exhibit would have appeared.
As religious skirmishes go, it was all fairly tidy. No explosives, no body parts, no lasting damage to civilization.
Donohue, however, might have done better to lead public rosaries of reparation on the sidewalk outside the hotel rather than ranting on TV. Thoughtful Catholic Christians, who expect to be mocked and treated with contempt by the world, pray for the souls of...
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I USED to like RealClearPolitics.
Bill Donohue, as usual, is right. Ms. Parker is wrong.
“Not giving them the satisfaction” is just a fancy way of letting them insult us with impunity. I much prefer the courageous responses of Mr. Donohue and the Catholic League. I’m not a Catholic or even close. But, more power to them.
RealClearPolitics is still a good site, but they post too much liberal krap. (Ms. Parker’s column, this time, is more like mush from a normally sensible conservative.)
Yeah, I have a response. Uhh.... WHAT?
Lately it seems that they are acting liberal, or pushing RINO politicians, but I guess it depends on the individual writers.
Maybe I’ll give them one more chance. I was just about to take them off my “favorites list,” but you changed my mind.
You need to read what the left is up to, if you want to know what's going on. IMHO, Ms. Parker’s point was that Donohue's outrage at the latest juvenile attempt for cheap publicity, just provokes the Islamics to copy him when they perceive the slightest disrespect.
Well, it sounds like they are anti-Catholic and any religion of any kind.
Umm . . . isn't it a little late to say Islamics need someone to copy??? My first thought on reading about the "death threats" (which obviously I don't condone) is that someone picked up the idea from the Islamofascists because -- sadly -- it apparently works!
Ms. Parker has staggered more and more to the left over the last year or so. Some of her columns, this one included, could have come straight from the crayon-written screeds put out by Ellen Goodman. Parker is sounding an awful lot like someone who just got invited to a few parties with a leftist crowd and is trying hard to blend in.
“..IMHO, Ms. Parker’s point was that Donohue’s outrage at the latest juvenile attempt for cheap publicity,..”
I had the same outrage as Donahue so I know it wasn’t for publicity; it was sincere.
Well, it happens. If she is drifting to the left, she should be dropped by the right.
Many conservative bloggers have been unfocused of late.
It’s a little depressing.
“Well, it happens. If she is drifting to the left, she should be dropped by the right.”
You said it!
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