The Church of Iceland unveiled a new ad welcoming Sunday
Schoolers recently. The ad appeared on the Church’s Facebook page on September
11th (what is with that date?!) and featured a bearded Jesus Christ sporting
breasts, makeup and a dress while dancing under a rainbow. After pushback,
the ad has been removed from the Church’s Facebook page, but was slated to
remain on buses in the nation’s capital of Reykjavik indefinitely.
After a
few unsophisticated rubes objected to their Savior being depicted as a transgender
person celebrating the LGBTQ lifestyle, the Church released a statement
reading: “The 2020 Assembly of the
National Church regrets that the picture of Jesus in a Sunday school
advertisement has hurt people. The goal was to emphasise diversity, not to hurt
people or shock them.”
Petur Georg Markan, media representative for
the Church of Iceland, averred that it is a positive for Jesus Christ to appear
in different forms and stressed that the church celebrates diversity. He noted
of the ad: “We see a Jesus who has breasts and a beard. We're trying to embrace
society as it is. We have all sorts of people and we need to train ourselves to
talk about Jesus as being 'all sorts' in this context.” Markan added: “It's
really important that each and every person see themselves in Jesus and that we
don't stagnate too much. That's the essential message. So this is okay. It's
okay that Jesus has a beard and breasts.” Everyone say it with me now: “It’s
okay that Jesus has a beard and breasts.” It’s so good that “progressives” are
giving Jesus permission to appear the way progressives want him
to appear.
Markan also said that the same artist who
designed the controversial ad will shortly begin work on a new campaign,
saying, “Soon, we'll be introducing more personifications where, for example,
you'll see Jesus making a contribution to environmental issues.”
This is so awesome! I look forward to other
Christian churches depicting the Virgin Mary sporting facial hair and a ginormous
penis. Maybe a really woke church could make an ad with the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost portrayed as pangender transvestites. How cool would that
be? Probably drive an increase in Sunday School attendance.
The possibilities are endless. Think of what
could be done with Adam, Eve, Caen, Abel, Noah, etc., etc. And these kind of
hip, progressive ads aren’t limited to Biblical characters and deities. George
Washington could be recast as a non-binary, bisexual, mulatto. Abraham Lincoln
could be shown to be a cross-dressing, two-headed paedophile with a prominent labia.
The newer, woker, Jesus would not only “make
contributions to environmental issues,” but could be pictured on the streets of
New York, handing out fines to those who “misgender” others or are caught not
wearing a facial mask during the current pandemic.
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