This is rather peculiar, don’t you think? A blogger in Germany posted the following:

I received mail today by the State Office of Criminal Investigation regarding an illustration of Jesus Christ on twitpic I linked to several weeks ago. I am accused of profanity.

Interestingly, the picture was taken in the Church of Warr Acres and is not photoshopped. Just recently it ignited a debate about the phallic depiction of the abdominal muscles.

I do not envy the police. And I do not think that the complaint was religiously motivated, but if it was, I do not consider it to be very Christian.

How can he get in trouble for THIS? It’s not photoshopped, even. Besides that, well, the historical Jesus WOULD have had a dick anyway , so where’s the beef? (Maybe there is a better way to put that…)

Malte Welding

(via Nerdcore)

“Besides that, well, the historical Jesus WOULD have had a dick anyway”

Maybe he didn’t. It adds another element of mystery.

Seems to me he would have the biggest most powerful dick in all creation, God wouldn’t skimp on his own son.  I just want to know whether he was circumcised or not, and who did the briss?

Wow Jesus was hung - hot! :-D

Well, it would explain the apparent absence of a navel. I note that he has no nipples in this depiction, either.

My initial impression is that this “State Office” did the equivalent of putting a bunch of names in a hat connected to this pic, then pulled a name out and charged it purely to look like they were doing something about it.

Unfortunately, they may face the Streisand Effect working against them. All your blogger needs to do is gain the interest of the appropriate high-profile figures or publications.

If they try to offset this by becoming more draconian in silencing him or applying gag laws (do they have those in Germany?)...well…something called Godwin’s Law might come into effect and then the shit would truly hit the fan.

The blogger is right. This is not a situation any government agency wants to find themselves in. They should have just told the religious parties who lodged the complaint to go see the Christ figure itself and see that it is depicted just like that, by the original artist.

“If they try to offset this by becoming more draconian in silencing him or applying gag laws (do they have those in Germany?...”

Uh…They created the Natzi Party…what do YOU think!?

LOL!

*scratches head*

What’s a “Natzi”?

Old News:

http://www.amazon.com/Sexuality-Christ-Renaissance-Modern-Oblivion/dp/0226771873