Unka Nutty's Comparative Worldviews Lesson o' the Day
posted by CS | 5:13 PM 
Hey kids! Unka Nutty here, to give you a short lesson in comparative worldviews! Ready? Great! Let's go!Case #1:
GAZA CITY — Armed militants angered by a cartoon drawing of the Prophet Muhammad published in European newspapers surrounded EU offices in Gaza on Thursday and threatened to kidnap foreigners as outrage over the caricatures spread across the Islamic world.
More than 300 students demonstrated in Pakistan, chanting "Death to France!" and "Death to Denmark!" — two of the countries where newspapers published the drawings. Other protests were held in Syria and Lebanon.
Case #2:
Piss Christ is a controversial photograph by the artist Andres Serrano. It depicts a small plastic crucifix submerged in a glass of the artist's urine. Some have suggested that the glass may also contain the artist's blood.So kids, in case #1, cartoons of an esteemed religious figure are printed in various newspapers and those offended physically threaten to kidnap people who are merely of the same nationality - continent even - as the publishers. In case #2, a plastic likeness of another esteemed religious figure is submerged in the "artist's" urine and photographed. He does so at least in part with government assistance. Those he offends threaten... wait for it... here it comes...
The piece caused a scandal when it was exhibited in 1987, with detractors accusing Serrano of blasphemy and others raising this as a major issue of artistic freedom. On the floor of the United States Senate, Senators Al D'Amato and Jesse Helms expressed outrage that Serrano's work was underwritten by the taxpayer-financed National Endowment for the Arts.
Serrano produced other similar works to much less controversy; Madonna and Child II (1989), for example, in which the subject is similarly submerged in urine, is not nearly so well known as "Piss Christ".
debate.
That said, kids, none of the Reasonable Nuts think it in the best interests of anyone to seek to offend another based on any reason, let alone a difference in religion. After all, it just isn't...
Christian.
3 Comments:
They shouldn't have published pictures like that.
In Islam we're not even allowed to draw pictures of the Prophet peace be upon him.
We dont draw pictures of Jesus or Moses, we respect all the prophets.
We love our prophet peace be upon him.
Hi Muslim. Thank you for the comment!
I understand your position. There was a time in Christianity when any pictoral representation of Jesus Christ was prohibited. And were I member of the church during this period, I would certainly have obeyed the teachings of the church, where they did not conflict with Scripture.
I do not defend the publishing of these images. Such is why I did not republish them. What I am commenting on is the reaction on the part of the offended. The Lord tells us through the Apostle Paul not to sin in our anger (seperating righteous anger from the sin that can follow). I propose that armed parties threatening to take innocent hostages and individuals calling for "Death to X" is obscene sin.
Not only do I find it interesting the 2 different responses to distasteful artwork about different religions' founders (i.e. violence vs. debate), I also find the artists' responses to be a double standard. They often backpedal and give in to any offense suffered by Muslims and their religion, but when they offend Christians, they call them names and consider them "intolerant", and care less if they are offended. I'm not saying Christians should be violent to get people to stop defaming their Leader, but I think this postmodern world should open their eyes to the hypocrisy going on, especially in kowtowing to Islam vs. kicking Christians in the head and expecting them to take it in the name of "tolerance." A prime example here quoted by an Egyptian Ambassador states what they are looking for: Egyptian Ambassador Mona Omar Attia said afterward that the Danish leader’s response was inadequate and that the country should do more to “appease the whole Muslim world.”
Though politically incorrect, this statement by an Italian newspaper sums it up: "What shame, Europe gives in to Islam and apologizes for the satire of Allah,” Italian newspaper Libero wrote under a banner headline.
If people are going to try to placate and appease Muslims, then they need to be equal opportunity and give in to other faiths as well and stop the double standard.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11097877/
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