Friday, January 09, 2009

What Could Be More Scary than the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

 
From the BBC News: Church removes 'scary crucifix'.
A large sculpture of Christ on the cross has been removed from outside a church in West Sussex after its vicar said it was "scaring young children".

The Reverend Ewen Souter said the 10ft crucifix was "a horrifying depiction of pain and suffering" which was also "putting people off".

The sculpture, located at the side of St John's Church in Broadbridge Heath, has now been given to Horsham Museum.

It will be replaced with a new stainless steel cross.
Stainless steel crosses are also pretty scary.

[Hat Tip: RichardDawkins.net]
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5 comments:

  1. A. VargasFriday, January 09, 2009 12:57:00 PM

    jeez...so now religion, asides from boring, has to be lame? hey, if your god demands bloody human sacrifice, you can at least be straight-forward about it. Hypocrites.Hehehe

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  2. AnonymousFriday, January 09, 2009 6:47:00 PM

    I consider all crucifixes horrifying depictions of pain and suffering. Isn't that the point?

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  3. MarkSaturday, January 10, 2009 10:13:00 AM

    The should replace the scary crucifix with a big screen showing an endless loop of the happy singers on the crucifixes from Life of Brian.

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  4. DiscoveredJoysSunday, January 11, 2009 11:14:00 AM

    Just be glad that (the alleged) Jesus wasn't hung, drawn, and quartered.

    That really would have made an unpleasant religious icon. It would make resurrection a bit tricky too.

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  5. HsjipMonday, January 12, 2009 9:39:00 AM

    They should replace it with:
    http://www.faniq.com/images/blog/BuddyJesus.jpg

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