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Thursday, April 5, 2007
How should Christians respond to Chocolate Jesus?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The head of the Catholic League called the chocolate sculpture of the crucified Jesus, on display briefly this week in New York City, “one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever.” The protest caused the art gallery where the sculpture, dubbed “My Sweet Lord,” was being displayed to send it back to the artist’s workshop. As skirmishes over religion go, this one was fairly short-lived. But it happened during Holy Week, the most sacred week of the Christian calendar. What lessons can we draw from this latest battle between artistic expression versus deeply held religious beliefs? Or should we have ignored it altogether?
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