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Chocolate Jesus vs. Muhammed with Bomb

Someone please tell me what the difference is here...

Chocolate Jesus versus Mohammed with a bomb in his turban

Granted, the Muslims rioted. That's bad form. Period. The Christians are up in arms over someone disrespecting their central figure... the Muslims REALLY didn't like a cartoonist disrespecting THEIR central figure. Isn't this just plain old religious intolerance?

Frankly, I hold neither figure sacred. I don't understand why Christians and Muslims can't simply throw a shrug and understand that not everyone holds their saviors sacred. End of story.

Someone, anyone... please tell me why this is a big deal?

Comments

Rena Bernard said…
Thanks for the comment, Col. Steve!

The Christians definitely have a right to be heard as you so gently put it. They obviously targeted their distaste for the "art" correctly instead of rioting and causing general havoc as the Muslims did.

I hear that the Chocolate Jesus exhibit is up for sale to the highest bidder now since the hotel will not be hosting the showing. The shame of this all is that the very thing that Christians protested will make this artist wealthy. The rioting and death threats of the Muslims simply proved the cartoonist absolutely correct.

I just don't see the point in it all. The symbols we have of Jesus and Muhammed are just that... symbols. We have no photographs of these men, so their images are guesses. It seems to me that their images are simply symbols for what they preached. Anyone can make fun of your symbol but they cannot take the faith from you that easily, can they?
4/05/2007 11:37:00 PM
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