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Posted on 08/06/2002 5:50:43 PM PDT by chance33_98
Jesus, Budweiser Billboard Defaced Display Was Part Of Artscape Larry Frum, Jr., Staff Writer
POSTED: 7:46 a.m. EDT August 6, 2002 UPDATED: 7:47 a.m. EDT August 6, 2002
BALTIMORE -- Is it art or an advertisement? A billboard in a Baltimore neighborhood is drawing fire from people and paint cans alike.
The artist believes it's art, but it looks like an advertisement with Jesus as a pitchman for Budweiser beer. The painting shows Jesus holding a bottle of beer.
Sometime Sunday night, someone tried to whitewash the message by splashing paint all over the painting. The person who threw the paint left behind the can and a mess.
The billboard was part of Artscape, the downtown Baltimore art festival held last week. It was designed by a New Jersey artist and has been the source of many church discussions recently.
WBAL-TV 11 News in Baltimore couldn't find anyone who agreed with its message. One person said, "People are getting killed in accidents because of beer. But they got Jesus holding a beer up and that's not right."
However, most people also agreed that splashing white paint on the billboard was not the answer. One resident said, "Anybody can do the art they want to. If you don't like it, you should say so, but you shouldn't just destroy it.
Late Monday afternoon, the city removed the billboard. They say, not because some people find it offensive, but because it was covered in paint.
How bout a billboard with Mohammed holding a beer?
There is no bibical evidence that Jesus drank wine, although, at a wedding, He performed His first miracle by turning water into wine so He didn't disapprove of it as a beverage. He did not condone drunkeness. He did not authorize His likeness being used to give the impression that he drank Bud, either.
The picture was uncalled for and while defacing 'art' is not condoned, one can understand why an outraged citizen was moved to deface the thing.
What a concept!
Now now, my friend........you know better. That wasn't fermented wine as we know it; not the wine that Jesus drank. Well known fact, well established.
And now, the King of Kings for the King of Beers...
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