Bruce Feiler - Where God Was Born, Abraham, Walking The Bible

Chocolate Jesus
Friday, March 30, 2007

In the past, I have been critical of those Jews and Jewish groups who drop the "anti-Semitism" label at the drop of a hat. But the Catholic League has taken this practice to an absurd length with its preposterous habit of saying that every depiction of Jesus it did not personally approve is a threat and affront to Christianity. Earlier it was the "War on Easter;" now it's war on a depiction of Jesus made in chocolate.

A New York gallery has angered a US Catholic group with its decision to exhibit a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ.
The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled "My Sweet Lord", depicts Jesus Christ naked on the cross.
Catholic League head Bill Donohue called it "one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever".
The sculpture, by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, will be displayed from Monday at Manhattan's Lab Gallery.
The Catholic League, which describes itself as the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organisation, also criticised the timing of the exhibition.
"The fact that they chose Holy Week shows this is calculated, and the timing is deliberate," Mr Donohue said.

Oh, please. "One of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever"? Eat a Hershey bar and chill out.

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