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International Outrage Erupts Over Exhibit Depicting ‘Virgin Mary’ in a…Bikini

International Outrage Erupts Over Exhibit Depicting Virgin Mary in a...BikiniCritics are taking issue with a new art exhibit that depicts Our Lady of Guadalupe in a floral bikini. The photomontage, created by Alma Lopez, a University of California at Irvine graduate, is under attack before the exhibit has even begun. The project, entitled, “Our Lady and Other Queer Santas,” will be showcased during an upcoming conference at Ireland’s University College Cork.

Irish Central‘s Daniel O’Carroll has more:

The conference is to discuss the ins and outs of Chicano culture, alongside a discussion of the plight of Mexicans in US culture, but it’s the exhibit that has been making the headlines recently, and attracting the critics…

The exhibit sits very broadly within the context of a larger debate in Irish society about blasphemy itself.

A controversial ‘Blasphemy Law’ was passed at the start of this year, and was decried as a retrograde step by many in the Irish media at the time.

In July 2009, the Irish parliament passed the controversial blasphemy initiative. According to ABC News, it states:

“A person who publishes or utters blasphemous matter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding 25,000 euro.”

“…a person publishes or utters blasphemous matter if (a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion, and (b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.”

With the conference opening tomorrow and with Catholic Bishops and adherents up in arms, there’s no telling how the situation will end. Also, one wonders if, under Irish law, the artwork qualifies as “blasphemy.” According to critics it does, indeed, cause outrage and insult the Christian faith.

What do you think? Are people over-reacting or is this truly a blasphemous act (and even if it is, do people deserve to be held legally accountable)? You can view some of the artwork here (the image we’ve shown above is cropped to remove nudity).

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  • Pattondog
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:30pm

    its not even art, its a medium to be blatenly offensive to a specific group. although in this country you have a right to be a douche, but doenst mean i have to agree that its art. and the eye of beholder art argument in this case is a fallacy in its own right.
    any gallery of dignity wouldnt have this displayed nor does it deserve the attenition it is getting.

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:25pm

    Just ignore them and walk away — Or maybe challenge them to do the same with Mohammid in a pink thong.. Christianity can take it.. These are useful idiots if used correctly (oddly in their intended purpose – to divide).
    These are communities of the Left and are the standard bearers of Left thinking and organizing. Let them speak but do not necessarily let them hide in the bushes while doing it.. Who are they? They are the left!

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  • nddtrader
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:25pm

    The mentally challenged frequently ridicule what they fail to understand.

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    • harumph
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:30pm

      How do you “understand” this image?

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:40pm

      NDD, we understand completely. Once again, for the 4 billionth time some useless “art” student thought it would be funny and get the adoration of his worthless buddies by attacking something a Christian would find disgusting. It’s been going on for decades. It’s nothing New “Yawn”, we’ve seen it so many times before.

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  • BubbaT
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:23pm

    Yet another reason why California will collapse into the Pacific Ocean under the weight of it’s stupidity.

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  • jim
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:22pm

    What the h*** is going on with this country???!!! And yet, make a comment about an atheist, a Muslim, and you will surely pay the price. We need a change folks, or we’re all through.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:51pm

      There is no difference between those and catholics and mormons.

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  • IntegrityFirst
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:20pm

    This guy is an idiot. If he had even a small amount of biblical knowledge he would know that God promised never to flood the earth again…

    Man-made global warming is a scam, and a proven scam.

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  • RN MOM
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:19pm

    It is disgusting when slurs pass for art!

    Not every woman, or just any woman, would look as beautiful in Our Lady of Guadeloupe’s frock. Mary, and only Mary is what makes that image so potent and moving.

    Alma Lopez is obviously a hack who has to rely on controversy to get her art noticed. Yet she doesn’t have the balls to actually be politically incorrect. Ohh, look how cool you are Alma, and original too. People mock Christianity every day, we’ve seen it all when it comes to defiling Mary and Jesus. If you were truly out to rock the establishment why don‘t you do a photomontage of a starving artist giving selling herself out for a curator’s approval.

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  • neiman1
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:17pm

    It would have been fine if they had a painting of Mohammad in a Speedo right next to it. Cowards.

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  • hightide
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:15pm

    Put mohamed in a bikini and see what happens…

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    • STAR SPANGLED SPAMMER
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:21pm

      Omg! Please don’t! That would be enough to make a maggot throw up. His wife was Queen Latifa. Try a bikini on her instead.

      “This message brought to you by the please don’t make me puke foundation”

      (“trust nobody”)

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  • chips1
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:13pm

    The third message of FATIMA is here. The Pope fainted when He read it because it was soooo horrible. You haven’t seen anything yet.

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    • kentuckypatriot
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:57pm

      I’m with you, I have done my research on Fatima, and it is indeed scary. God help us is all I can say.

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  • lynda1276
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:11pm

    will the ignorance never end?

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  • Gypsy One
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:11pm

    There is no excuse for such blatant disregard against Christianity. Why don’t they compose “art” in the form of Mohammed or his mother?

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  • blackdanger10
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:10pm

    It is blasphemous, but let God deal with them.

    As much as I hate to say it, while it may offend many, make expressions like this legally punishable, we risk other groups outlawing things they consider “offensive”. Look at all the high schools banning God from graduations. While I think there is a clear difference in motives (and appropriateness) between the Virgin Mary in a bikini and thanking God at a graduation, the point is we clamping down on our own freedoms by outlawing such behavior.

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  • Progressive Wrecking Crew
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:07pm

    I‘m so sick of these freaking Latino’s, the Muslims, the commie lefties, ghetto ites, the scourge of the earth 90 % these freaking people are.

    They‘re turning the greatest country into the third world dumps they all came from and I don’t care who doesn‘t like it or who’s offended. I’m offended what these people have done to the country yours and my ancestors died for. I’m sick of their homosexuality, their bashing of OUR Christian Judeo heritage and it’s high time for a new Crusade against these invaders.

    There’s 80 % who aren‘t from those groups and it’s high time we stood up and declared AMERICAN PRIDE and run these people out of here.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:14pm

      Because why? All those others ARE American. More each day, too. We are the best country in the known universe.

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    • chips1
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:32pm

      They are citizens, Not Americans. You can get off your knees now. BO went home to Michelle.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:56pm

      CHIPS! Hi!

      Oh my you are the only “American” around here? Or is there a club? How do you select the worthy ones? Must they all be members in the Dick Army?

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    • SensibleGuy
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:04pm

      You are a very uninformed hateful person. Nothing good comes from hate. I’ll pray for you and you should pray too!

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  • STAR SPANGLED SPAMMER
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:06pm

    Wow! She wont be a virgin for long. Not when she’s looking that good….Meowwwwww!

    (“trust nobody”)

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    • STAR SPANGLED SPAMMER
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:09pm

      Visions of her appear all over the world, right?. How come she never shows up in my bed? LOOOL!

      (“trust nobody”)

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    • chips1
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:19pm

      WOW!!!!! Your on the bullet train to Hades. Trying to avoid the rush?

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:44pm

      Star

      If she did you would have A.M.I.
      Only Virgin the first time. Jesus had brother maybe more?

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  • Karama
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:06pm

    Ehh I think it’s kind of cute and funny. Don’t care for the “queer” connotation though. At least it’s not elephant poo or a cross in urine.

    Besides people love the nude statue of David and he’s full tackle out.

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  • PureDrumFury
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:06pm

    Um, I couldn’t read anything past “the plight of Mexicans in US culture.” WHAT PLIGHT?? Many, many, many come here illegally, have a bunch of babies, take advantage of our system, and often engage in violent criminal activity. Not all – but many. THAT’S the plight. Or should we call it a “blight?”

    As for the subject at hand, this is totally appalling and grotesque. If videogames are a constant discussion in congress because of their content, shouldn’t stuff like this be in the discussion as well?

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    • Untameable-kate
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:22pm

      I never stop being amazed at the throngs of Mexican who flow over the border illegally then complain about how unfairly they are being treated. They want and expect better treatment than US citizens and they often get it. I’m disgusted with the whole thing.

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    • SensibleGuy
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:56pm

      Define “many”. Give me a ballpark estimate.

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  • Mike777
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:05pm

    God help please.

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    • e2thex
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:02pm

      The Jews knew Jesus came from a normal, and insignificant family in Nazareth, with a father, mother, and brothers and sisters and that’s one reason they were disgusted by the fact that people were following him. People are people, and no doubt the rumors were that Mary must have been with a man before marrying Joseph. No doubt those rumors followed Jesus too – making it even more impossible for the ruling class to accept that he was the One they were looking for.
      God is not impressed by how high on a pedestal Catholics put Mary, but He saves those who trust in His beloved Son, Jesus, who’s one perfect sacrifice, of himself, is forever sufficient.

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  • I Hear the Wolves
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:05pm

    This isn’t blasphemous, just stupid. What the Catholics do by deifying Mary is blasphemous. Mary is not a demi-god, she was just a very blessed and fortunate woman. And news flash for Catholics, she wasn’t a virgin for long…Jesus had siblings.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:11pm

      It’s amazing what they do to real Christian values/

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:24pm

      I think it’s more than just stupid. The definition of blasphemy is: “Gross irreverence towards any person or thing worthy of exalted esteem” Mary was “highly favored” and “blessed among women”.
      I definately believe the “artist’s” intent was gross irreverence.

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    • kentuckypatriot
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:54pm

      I’m extremely offended by your comments. As a practicing Catholic, The Blessed Virgin is the mother of us all, and I don‘t know what dope you are smokin’ friend, but in our world, Mary is a saint, she intercedes on our behalf in times of our darkest hour. How dare you critize, your words are indeed blamphemous.

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    • DLG123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:08pm

      Please show me where Jesus had siblings? Because I will show you where he does NOT.

      There are only four brethren of Jesus named in the Gospels:
      Matthew 13:55 “Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?”

      Mark 6:2-3 – “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?”
      Let’s begin with James. There are two men named James among the disciples. One, of course, is the brother of John and the son of Zebedee. This cannot be him then. So, this is the other James, called in Scripture James the less:
      Mark 15:40: “There were also women looking on afar off: among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joseph, and Salome.” (emphasis added)
      So James is indeed the son of a woman named Mary. Not only that, but Joseph is his brother. That’s two of the four, right? Then, in Matthew, reciting the names of the twelve:
      Matt 10:3: “…’James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddeus.” (emphasis added)
      This too is talking of James the less, as the other James, son of Zebedee, is spoken of in the previous verse. It is NOT a trick or really that hard! Alphaeus is this James’ father, not Joseph, the husband of Mary, mother of the Lord.

      Cont…

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    • I Hear the Wolves
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:51pm

      All you have shown is that Jesus’s brother was not one of the twelve. James was a common name, as were Judas, Simon and Joseph. The reason Catholics are so afraid of the idea that Mary had sex with her husband, is from a wrong understanding of original sin. God gave man sex for more than just procreation. And while we’re at it, let me also add that the Pope is not infallible. He is just a man, like me. He sins and has flaws and he is wrong sometimes.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:57pm

      Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

      Pretty clear what God’s word says about images, “exalted” or otherwise. We have many, many other things we ought to be concerned about before this.

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    • DLG123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:21pm

      Now go to John also speaking of those witnessing the Crucifixion:
      John 19:25: “Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother (Mary) and His mothers sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.” (emphasis added)
      Look up John 19:25 at http://www.blueletterbible.org/ and click the ‘C’ icon (for the Strong’s Concordance), then click the Strong’s number for the name Cleophas. It comes up “father of James the less, the husband of Mary the sister of the mother of Jesus.”

      Did you get that? That Mary, who was the mother of James the less, and of Joseph, from Mark 15:40, is the wife of Cleophas, the father of James the less, and she is called the ‘sister’ of Our Lord’s mother – Mary!

      So, two of the four ‘brothers’ have been identified as the children of parents other than Joseph and the Virgin Mary. Of the brothers named, that still leaves Jude and Simon. Next, Jude:
      Acts 1:13 “…James, the son of Alphaeus , and Simon Zelo’tes, and Jude the brother of James…” (emphasis added)
      There goes Jude out of the mix! Matter of fact, Jude says the same in his own epistle:
      Jude 1:1 “Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James…” (emphasis added)
      Lastly, Simon. Simon, called the Zealot, is identified as coming from Cana, not Nazareth as were Joseph, Mary and the Christ!
      Luke 6:15 “and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,” (emphasis added)

      cont…

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    • DLG123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:22pm

      Mark 3:18 “Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean…” (emphasis added)

      Matt 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. (emphasis added)
      Simon is a Cananean, while Jesus is a Nazarene!

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    • DLG123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:30pm

      vennoye
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:57pm
      Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

      Pretty clear what God’s word says about images, “exalted” or otherwise. We have many, many other things we ought to be concerned about before this

      Really? Then why did He command them to make a serpant (Graven Image) and put it on a stick for the Isrealites to look at when bit by a snake? So did God tell the Isrealites to sin directly after giving them the 10 commandments?

      Furthermore do you have any photographs of loved ones? Graven Image… Are you a hunter with stuffed animals? Graven Image… Do you collect anything say statues of Angels or dogs or whatever? Graven Image. How about a cross that is carved or made of ceramic? Graven Image…Do you see how foolish one looks when you make statements that are not thought through.
      It‘s NOT the image it’s the WORSHIP of the image. Come on people if this is the level of Scriptural knowledge you have we are farther gone than I thought.

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    • N8B
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:35pm

      @I Hear Wolves
      I totally agree. Mary was a vessel by which Jesus came to earth. She is no more special in the eyes of God than you or I. The Catholic Church holds he in much to high of regard.

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    • DLG123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:38pm

      I hear wolves…
      Its so funny how “Bible Believing Christians” or Evangelicals bash Catholics for their beliefs and when shown IN SCRIPTURE they deny they completely disregard Scripture. WOW That was a common name at the time… LMAO You have got to be kidding. If thats the extent of your arguement then my point was made!

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    • N8B
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:41pm

      @DLG123

      Then why does the Catholic Church has it members say Hail Mary’s inorder to ask for intercession. No one needs to intercede when I speak to God.

      Sounds like exalting to me.

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    • DLG123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:00pm

      We addressing her the same way that the she is addressed in Scripture… The Angel Gabriel says this to her. So I would assume that is the way God addressed her since Gabriel was his messanger. The Church did NOT give her this title… God did. Please don’t read Scripture… STUDY IT.

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    • N8B
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:20pm

      @DLG123

      That’s fine that scripture addresses her that way, but we are not commanded to. Catholics use it out of context. The problem is we repent directly to God for our sins, not to a person. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that we must cry out to Mary for intercession. It does say, however:

      John 14:6
      Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

      Why not cry out:

      Revelation 4:8 “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty–the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”

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    • DLG123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:49pm

      @N8B
      First off one does not repent to God or anyone else. To repent is to change ones heart and turn back to God. I assume you meant confess ones sins. That being said if you think that Catholics confess Mary you are wildly mis-informed. Nor has the Church commanded us to ask for intercession. Have you ever asked a fellow member to pray for you (to interceed)? Well why don’t you pray to God yourself? Why are you trying to get to God through someone at your church? You see this is a silly arguement. We ask Mary to PRAY for us now and the hour of our death. In regards to John 14:6 yes Jesus is the way to Heaven. In regards to Revelation 4:8 we do cry this out at EVERY Mass.
      Also how do we take Hail Mary out of context? Also where does the Bible tell you to ONLY confess your sins DIRECTLY to God. Because you should read the rest of the Gospel of John Specifically John 20.

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    • N8B
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:24pm

      Ill just leave these here:

      http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/taste-see-articles/bless-the-mother-of-jesus-but-mainly-be-the-mother-of-jesus

      http://blog.marshillchurch.org/2009/12/23/mary-the-myth-the-reality/

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    • DLG123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:56pm

      If this is where you are getting your info you really need to find a new “pastor” or whatever this site is to you.
      The Old Testament is fulfilled in the New and the New is consealed in the Old. With that said… Mary is called “woman” by Paul not as a insult or as a “generic” term. She was called “woman” because Eve was called “woman”. If Jesus is new Adam then there has to be new Eve. Just as there is an Old Testament Ark of the Covenant there is a New Testament Ark. If she was not a very important person then why did Jesus proform His first miracle at Her request? If you study the ENTIRE Bible you will see that Jesus PERFECTS everything in the Old Testament.

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    • DocH
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:07pm

      Many who say the things you do know really nothing about the Catholic faith. You make your comments based on biased superficial information. Mary was chosen to be the mother of the Incarnate Eternal Word of the Most Holy Trinity; actually, God in human form. As the Bible says the humanity of Jesus was assumed into the eternal Word by a singular action of the Holy Spirit. (Luke1:28-55). As Mary was chosen to be the mother of Jesus, concomitantly she is the Mother of God; as Jesus is co-equal as the Eternal Word to the Father and the Holy Spirit. At the Cross she was given to us through the apostle John as our spiritual mother. Mary was the close companion of Jesus up until his public life, his last three years. If you would not care to see your own mother thusly treated, how do you think the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the eternal Word of the Most Holy Trinity, feels about a painting that desecrates his mother? Would you say the same things to Him as you have just written?

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    • ChristianLayman
      Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:36am

      We don’t deify Mary, we show her reverence as we do all the saints. Obviously she, being the Theotokos, or God Bearer is going to get more reverence than other saints. Good grief, if you’re going to claim to know what Catholics believe, try reading original source material by Catholics.

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    • proliance
      Posted on June 25, 2011 at 9:41am

      “This isn’t blasphemous, just stupid. What the Catholics do by deifying Mary is blasphemous. Mary is not a demi-god, she was just a very blessed and fortunate woman. And news flash for Catholics, she wasn’t a virgin for long…Jesus had siblings.”

      Catholics don’t deify Mary. Just because your back-woods, snake-handling, semi-literate “preacher” said so doesn’t make it true. We show her the same respect that Jesus would have show His mother.

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  • Michael600r
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:05pm

    Funny how they never seem to attack Islam in tha same way.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:04pm

    People that do this type of thing have a higher authority to answer to…and they will. Don’t be like the Muslims.

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  • oldasdirt
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:03pm

    When I find myself in times of trouble,,,,Mother Mary comes to me.Speaking words of wisdom,in a bikini…Let it be ? Let it be? There will be an answer,A bikini.?

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:13pm

      And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me.. speaking words of wisdom . in a bikini let it be

      I wish the Moooselims would lighten up about there religion

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  • mrsmileyface
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:02pm

    If your going to do that why not grow some balls and depict Mohamad in a Man-Kini. See how long you get to live.

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:00pm

    Sinners repent!

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:30pm

      I repented.Looked like a little baby muhammad with a small white tissue
      wrapped around it’s head.
      Getting to old to go hunting?start using bait.
      come get some…………………….
      Mu Ham Mad what a mame
      What
      OK Lame…………

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    • spirited
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:00pm

      “Let Mary be in honor, but let worship be given to the Lord” -Theologian Sergei Bulgakov

      Perhaps this (let’s call it) “interpretation” of Our Lady Of Guadalupe
      will reignite the Mexican people’s honor and dignity …. and re-unite them

      >in a way where they drive out the vulgar
      coyote, drug cartel and corrupt government officials & workers.

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  • Untameable-kate
    Posted on June 23, 2011 at 12:56pm

    They only do this to insult Christianity. They are not making art, they are making war.

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    • frustratedwithgovt
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:03pm

      Agreed.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:06pm

      GOD will judge man soon!

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    • Mandors
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:06pm

      I don’t know about war, but it is bigotry and hate. This is why government support for “the arts” is a sham. Back in the day, Michelangelo, David, Monet, Picasso all had to have BUYERS. If people did not like their art, they starved.

      Free market strikes again.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:06pm

      I don’t see any “art” of Muhammad sitting with a pet dog in his lap and eating a pork steak. Cowards. They know at least the Christians won’t chop off the heads of them and their families.

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    • BrotherWill
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:09pm

      You should declare a Jihad on them like it says clearly in the Bible.

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    • warhorse_03826
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:09pm

      no, they only do this because they know christians will be insulted and show everyone.

      it’s called FREE PUBLICITY. and the “I’m insulted” crowd falls for it every time.

      these sorts of people WANT ATTENTION. and by putting this up on the blaze and sending to everyone YOU GIVE IT TO THEM.

      time to just ignore idiots like this!

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:10pm

      They can’t hurt real Christians this way.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:13pm

      “The conference is to discuss the ins and outs of Chicano culture, alongside a discussion of the plight of Mexicans in US culture”

      Yeah, having a montage with Mary in a bikini certainly helps with these issues, especially in Ireland.
      Do these people always walk around, oblivious to reality?

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:14pm

      Anything for attention.

      Now I want to see the same artist put Mohammid in a speedo!

      Got any “galls” to do that? Or are you afraid that the Kalifate won’t turn the other cheek?

      Easy to beat up on the meek and humble, isn’t it?

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:17pm

      and how much taxpayer money from the “endowment for the arts” went to this trash?

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    • sWampy
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:19pm

      Is she coming out of a ******?

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    • the zipper
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:20pm

      My gripe is that it is being displayed in a publicly funded location. If it were a private studio I would dismiss it. Don’t go see it. That said I think Alma should kick it up a notch and display Mohammed in a bikini

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:25pm

      This is only an insult to Catholicism with their devotion to the many idol’s they cling to.
      Christians are not upset with the desecrations or altering of idol’s.

      WhiteFang  
    • the_zazzy
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:28pm

      Why don’t they do one that shows Muhammed surrounded by his 77 virgies wearing bikinis? They are scared of Muslims and just try to insult Christians, because they know we will “turn the other cheek,” rather than behead them.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:35pm

      It doesn‘t offend me because that isn’t what the Virgin Mary means, and neither is it simply about one female. Furthermore, they can depict it the way they see fit because that’s the nice thing about freedom. But, I’m inclined to mention that near the Fall of Rome that their were artists also even then whom altered the true meaning of the Holy family, even as they are doing now.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:39pm

      How much longer can we allow this crap to continue?

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:42pm

      How is this not bigotry? This is an attack on Christian and their faith? How much longer can we allow these actions? And how in a broken economy are tax dollars still supporting this racist hatred.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:48pm

      Making WAR … Now you’re thinking like a Mooselum, we should be teaching them about free speech and use this silly art to show them it’s nothing to lose your head about ( pun intended )

      and by getting mad about this art is only boosting the artist ego and they win……………
      Laughing about it and walking away increases your Faith and they lose ……….

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:48pm

      smithclar3nc3,
      To be accurate, this is an attack on Catholicism, not Christianity. True Christianity has nothing to do with idols. Am I wrong?

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    • nptden
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:49pm

      Is their a picture of Mohammed eating a pork-chop?

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:49pm

      banjarmon
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:06pm
      GOD will judge man soon!
      _____________________________
      He better hurry up, bible thumping so called christians have taken upon themselves to sub in for God and provide their Judgments by cherry picking outdated passages from a book of fairytales.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:49pm

      Distasteful.
      Disrespectful.

      low on my priorities. We have bigger issues to deal with.

      I’m not a Roman Catholic, so I don‘t place Mary on any higher pedestal or ’sainthood’.
      She was clearly an exceptional woman to have been chosen by God to be the virgin mother of Christ, but, she was a human like you and I. While I respect her, I still see her as equal to you and I.

      No offense meant to Catholics, this is just my belief. I understand the Catholic Church appoints people as ‘saints’, its just that, as a Christian, who is not a Catholic, I do not recognize canonization. I still respect the people your Church has named as “saints”, since they clearly were exceptional people or they would not have been named ‘saints’ by the Papacy.

      I find it very disrespectful, and I disapprove of it. I would never do it or condone it.

      I believe these things, like, “piss Christ” are done intentionally for shock reaction to try to build a name for the self-proclaimed ‘artist’.

      This is not “art.”

      This is sensationalism media.

      Art elevates the best values of society, culture, and civilization.
      This abomination does none of those.

      This is a desperate cry for fame and notoriety.

      the person who did this is irrelevant.

      We do need to end the NEA. – it is a political arm of the left and its political propaganda machine.

      Arts should be funded by private contributions. I should not be required to pay for someone to sit on the sofa, pee in a jar, insert a

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:52pm

      I don‘t think I’d want to be the one that mocks the mother of Jesus, but those that seek disgracing this country and by all means their own culture seem to have no problem tangling with God. It seems to me those in history that picked a fight with him paid a dear price!

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    • Locked
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:53pm

      Odd, I’d think that only Catholics would be upset by this. I had a Southern Baptist recently tell me that Mary has become “an idol of the papists,” and that true Christians don’t think she had anything special to her. No idea if that’s true.

      I don’t see it as insulting, because I don’t really care about artists or whatever heresies they might like to promote. Controversy sells, so it’s not surprising. Wouldn’t shed a tear if he ended up getting fined in Ireland though!

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    • SensibleGuy
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:53pm

      Just out of curiousity, what do you know about art or Christianity for that matter? Your comment sounds very uninformed.

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:56pm

      .
      Well she at least looks better than Muhammad in a Speedo………

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:57pm

      Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
      By what way is the is the light parted which scattereth the east winds upon the earth?
      Who has divided a water course for the over-flowing of waters or a way for the lightning of thunder; To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is ; on the wilderness ; wherein there is no man; to satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

      Hath the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
      Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

      From the Book of Job beginning at 38: 22.

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:11pm

      A word about Mary: Mary was a dignified, chaste virgin woman chosen by the almighty God to bear the birth of His only begotten Son who was to be called Jesus. God chose Mary for this wonderful privilege due to her impeccable reputation and cleanness. Nobody, not even even the Pharisee‘s and enemies of Jesus could or even attempted to challenge Mary’s qualifications to bear the birth of our Lord. Her fine reputation was unquestionable. She was not an idolater and she would be offended at persons who were. To make reverential statues or idols of her, is not what the good woman Mary is all about.

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:20pm

      @sWampy
      “Is she coming out of a ******?”
      Nasty!
      I love IT!!!!

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    • Rightsofman
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:21pm

      UntameableK – you’re so right. Its war on Christians. Is it because Christ said “Love thy neighbor as thyself for the love of God”? They seem to be alright with “Kill the infidels” though.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:31pm

      After spending a few years in Ireland, I don’t recall there being very many Mexicans or any other “chicano” folks living in Dublin, Kerry, Cork, the Aran Islands, Kilkenny, Wicklow or anywhere else I went. So why are they having this forum studying the “plight of Mexican’ts in US culture” anyway?

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    • JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:46pm

      @BROTHERWILL

      Wherein the Bible? I wan’t to see the phrase………

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    • jado1981
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:47pm

      And it’s rather pathetic that Miss Alma Lopez cannot find the same kind of artistic expression with moohamed being wrapped in a suicide vest, or a bomb in his turban. It’s only art if you are making fun of Christians, and it is despicable and hateful if you talk about anyone else’s religion.

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    • Sound The Trumpet In Zion
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:58pm

      While this is offensive and should not be done, it is not really insulting Christians. It is insulting the Catholic faith. While Mary is a “special” person for being the mother of Jesus, she is still just another woman who was part of the most wonderful event that has happened to humanity. Still, they shouldn’t go around insulting Catholics any more than any other faith.

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    • GodHatesFigs
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:10pm

      It’s really quite funny how so-called true christians are quick to call catholics not christian but when it comes to counting the number of christians in the country they have no problem calling them christians.

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    • YellowFin
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:07pm

      Just like in all groups, there are christians,,,, and then there are Christians!

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    • ClockKing
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:08pm

      Sounds like a bunch of eggheads are getting a paid vacation to Ireland, to talk BS, have sex, hook-up, and whine about the injustice of a system that allows them to take free vacations. Rabbi Shapiro was right: these people have TOO much freedom. They never grew up out of being rebellious teenagers.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:22pm

      Looks more like EVE.. only to many clothes..

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    • mythreesons
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:43pm

      Heartbreaking

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    • BARBBILL
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:43pm

      Perhaps it would be less offensive if the “artist” also depicted Mohammed in a speedo. Oh, that’s right, for that he might be condemned and hunted down.

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    • mycomet123
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:50pm

      This breaks my heart. Regardless of what your feelings are in regards to the Catholic church idolizing the Mother of God. How do you think Jesus feels having His own mother portrayed like this. When you’re looking at this picture please remember this is the same woman who stood at the foot of the cross watching her Child be crucified & than held Him in her arms after He died. HEARTBREAKING!!!!!!!! How would you feel if this was your mother they were mocking?.

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    • click_name_4_impeachment
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:49pm

      Book of fairy tales, Book of fairy tales…..yeah yeah…we know you want to discredit God believers, and make them look like fools, but if we are talking fools how about this……

      Let’s just say it IS a book of fairy tales, just for the sake of argument….You have this book purely fictional, that teaches morels and values, and gives you a guideline on how to live a life of love for fellow man, and this is the force that drives someone to live a certain life…..Heck we see people try to live out fictional hollywood stories…..Is this really such a bad thing??

      The real fool is the one who willingly puts on the shackles of other men, because they are impressed by the title they carry, or the candy that they throw out. The fool will do what they say because you think it will benefit you in some way, when really no one cares about the fool. Man is flawed and can easily be payed off, and lie to you if it pays off for them in the end, and the fool rushes in to grab those chains and shackle themselves….

      I think i would go with the fairy tale book, and take my chances….

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    • encinom
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 8:05pm

      @click_name_4_impeachment
      The problem is to many fools are attmepting to force others to live by the book of fairy tales. To many Christian Taleban on the Blaze. Gay rights and abortion, and see how fast Beckerheads are calling for the government to impose laws against the freedoms of others.

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    • Pelling1020
      Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:57pm

      Hey whitetooth, Just to be accurate, Catholics are Christians.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:47am

      Whitefang,
      Mary is the virgin mother of Christ to all religions based on Christ teaching. Just because there is little depiction of her in same a baptist Church doesn‘t mean there’s no repect and love for her.
      More over an attack on Christianity in any of it‘s forms is an attack on all of it’s forms. WE ARE ONE.
      We put aside our differences an formed this nation based not in what seperated us but in what unites us as a religious community.

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    • SI08
      Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:13pm

      TOMFERRARI, you hit it right on the head. I, myself, am not Catholic, but I do believe that Christianity and Religion should be respected, even if we don’t agree with particular beliefs. This so called art is nothing more than this “artist’s” attempt to make up for lack of self-respect. Judgement day is coming soon and people like this “artist” will be dealt with accordingly.

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    • CalvinandHobbes
      Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:32pm

      You have to admit…she looks good!

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    • eastfork
      Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:18pm

      Yep

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    • Chief Moolah Eggplant
      Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:48pm

      Blasphemy? Is Mary a God?

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    • leary1
      Posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:14pm

      I agree,and where did this person come from…California, home of pelosi and so many other christian haters.

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    • rachany
      Posted on June 25, 2011 at 12:16am

      How come none of them does that kind of insult to an image of Muhammad. As they say in Spanish: Esos perros saben con que palo se rascan
      (Those dogs know well with what kind of wood they scratch their itch)

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    • ILUVJESUS
      Posted on June 25, 2011 at 3:24am

      Alma Lopez? Hello? No baby, you are not being attacked, actually, you are being called on what you produced as “art”- it’s trash. Any dirty minded perverted pre teen could have made this thing! And hey, Alma, you are a University of California at Irvine graduate? What did you study? Certainly not art! You couldn’t have passed Art 101 or Photo 101 submitting this!
      The real issue: How did Alma get a degree at a university?

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    • Rightnow
      Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:44am

      So someone please inform me, because my memory isn’t so good. What would happen if someone did this or drew a cartoon of Muhammad?

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    • Myturn
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 11:28am

      A brief explanation regarding the relationship of Catholics to Mary, particularly “Whitefang” whose comment regarding Catholicism and the worship of idols ended respectfully with “Am I Wrong?”.

      Jesus, as the Incarnate Word, Son of God, is worshipped. Mary, as the Mother of God, is honored.

      All honors accorded to the Blessed Mother that Protestants misunderstand as worship are actually Christo-centric and Scripture-based. These ensue from her singular privilege as being the Mother of the Eternal Word.

      Mary, the Mother of God, is the New Testament Ark, that was prefigured in the old. Within her womb, the first tabernacle, Jesus took on flesh. Mary is the Woman in Gen 3:15, the same Woman at Cana and at the foot of the Cross. She is the Woman wearing a crown of twelve stars in Revelations, the twelve stars representing the Apostles gathered around her in the upper room at Pentecost metaphoric of the Twelve Tribes encamped around the Ark of the Covenant. Mary leads us to Christ.

      This familiar image of The Virgin of Guadalupe miraculously appeared on the “tilma” (cape) of a poor Mexican. It is displayed in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico, one of the most visited Catholic shrines in the world.

      This “art” which mocks and dishonors Mary is an insult to all Christians. I feel sorrow for the artist. I am saddened by the impact it may have on the faith on the vulnerable.

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