Mormon church objects to angel T-shirt

AP - Yahoo ^ | March 24, 2007

[EveningStar]

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah - For a coffee shop, T-shirts of a Mormon angel with java flowing into his trumpet are selling well. But they don't have the blessing of religious leaders...

[EveningStar]

[caseinpoint]

I'm offended. Let's burn down the coffee shop and behead those infidels. Oh wait . . . that's the religion of peace which does that. Guess we'll just call them jerks.

[Between the Lines]

Trademarking graven images. Now I have heard everything.

Other churches are missing out on a real cash calf. Maybe they should start trademarking images of Jesus, Mary, Adam and Eve, Our Lady of _______ , the cross, etc.

[Reaganesque]

The dogs may nip at the heels of the camels, but the caravan moves on.

[ozzymandus]

I'll bet somebody uses this thread to bash Romney.

[Bogey78O]

I heard the coffee shop owners looked into a hat with seeing stones in it and saw the design.

[EveningStar]

Don't give the fools any ideas.

[ASOC]

LOL

"It was a spoof," Beazer said. "It was meant to be fun."

Pi$$ off (the largest and most powerful?) denomination in the the State and then you wonder why a load brick falls on your head? Too funny.

I would say the tshirt is mean spirited, but then folks would accuse me of Christian sympathies.

[Stoigo]

It's amazing the lack of respect people demonstrate for other's religions these days, even to the extent of insulting other peoples religion to pimp their product. The owners of the coffee shop will probably have Jesus or Mary adorning their shirts in a less than favorable ad shortly.
These clowns would do pretty well in San Francisco, Ithaca, or Portland.

[marron]

They could just change the angel. The angels in my religion love coffee.

[Fixit]

They're fighting the use on the grounds that images of the "angel Moroni" are trademarked.

Good thing that they didn't claim copyright, because that would be moroni©.

[seowulf]

Bobble head Jesus, only $14.95

[Fixit]

I see your bobblehead and raise you one Buddy Christ

Maybe those magic temple garments have prevented the Mormon from growing a thicker skin.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Actually you'd be accused of being a Mormon sympathizer.

[Between the Lines]

moroni©

Thanks for the best laugh I have had all day!

[Moonmad27]

As comedian Emo Philips says, his Mormon father-in-law once spoke to him when Emo was drinking coffee and said "What good is caffeine?" And Emo said "Well, it keeps you from being Mormon."

[EveningStar]

I see your Buddy Christ and raise you a Playstation 2

[Fixit]

You're welcome.

It just popped into my head while I was reading the linked AP story.

[jiggyboy]

Upset about coffee? I guess they haven't been in the beer section of the supermarket in the last couple of years.

[RightCenter]

Exactly. Angels are iconic and are not owned by the Mormon Church. Besides, didn't the Apostle Paul tell us not to worship angels? If we can slightly spoof Jonah by depicting him as a cucumber, who cares about an angel?