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23 Dec 2003 06:22:09 AM |
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British xians have SOH bypass - cake commercial withdrawn |
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
Mr Kipling pulls Christmas ad after complaints
A Christmas advertising campaign showing a woman giving birth during a
nativity play has been pulled after nearly 600 viewers complained.
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
The Independent Television Commission has already received 570
complaints about the advert, putting it in the top five most
complained about campaigns of the past decade, says Media Guardian.
Some viewers said they had been offended by the advert, which was
created by Saatchi & Saatchi, while others claimed it was degrading to
women. Some, including a nun and a priest, said it was blasphemous.
Manor Bakeries, which makes Mr Kipling cakes, said it had consulted
representatives of the Catholic and Anglican churches before
broadcasting the campaign and had been advised it was not offensive.
Ofcom, which took over from the Independent Television Commission as
the television advertising regulator this week, has yet to rule on the
complaints.
But the company has decided to pull the advert off air because of the
level of criticism.
A spokeswwoman said it was intended as light-hearted fun but added:
"The very last thing Mr Kipling would want to do is cause offence to
anyone."
Story filed: 14:30 Thursday 18th December 2003
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| User: "Dr. DuFonet" |
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23 Dec 2003 10:17:15 PM |
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"JPG" <a@b.c> wrote in message
news:3ccguvk5m2m3hlgctcbsn6eidp9on91tqi@4ax.com...
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
Mr Kipling pulls Christmas ad after complaints
A Christmas advertising campaign showing a woman giving birth during a
nativity play has been pulled after nearly 600 viewers complained.
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
The Independent Television Commission has already received 570
complaints about the advert, putting it in the top five most
complained about campaigns of the past decade, says Media Guardian.
Some viewers said they had been offended by the advert, which was
created by Saatchi & Saatchi, while others claimed it was degrading to
women. Some, including a nun and a priest, said it was blasphemous.
Manor Bakeries, which makes Mr Kipling cakes, said it had consulted
representatives of the Catholic and Anglican churches before
broadcasting the campaign and had been advised it was not offensive.
Ofcom, which took over from the Independent Television Commission as
the television advertising regulator this week, has yet to rule on the
complaints.
But the company has decided to pull the advert off air because of the
level of criticism.
A spokeswwoman said it was intended as light-hearted fun but added:
"The very last thing Mr Kipling would want to do is cause offence to
anyone."
Story filed: 14:30 Thursday 18th December 2003
I'm offended already and I haven't seen it and glad of it.
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Freedom of thought entails no "Intellectual Property".
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| User: "Witziges Rätsel" |
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| Title: Re: British xians have SOH bypass - cake commercial withdrawn |
23 Dec 2003 08:33:15 AM |
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Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
Mr Kipling pulls Christmas ad after complaints
A Christmas advertising campaign showing a woman giving birth during a
nativity play has been pulled after nearly 600 viewers complained.
<snip>
But the company has decided to pull the advert off air because of the
level of criticism.
A spokeswwoman said it was intended as light-hearted fun but added:
"The very last thing Mr Kipling would want to do is cause offence to
anyone."
Can this be the nation which gave birth to the
likes of Benny Hill and Monty Python's Flying
Circus?
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| User: "JPG" |
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23 Dec 2003 04:30:12 PM |
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:33:15 -0500, "Witziges Rätsel" <zer@roer.com>
wrote:
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
Mr Kipling pulls Christmas ad after complaints
A Christmas advertising campaign showing a woman giving birth during a
nativity play has been pulled after nearly 600 viewers complained.
<snip>
But the company has decided to pull the advert off air because of the
level of criticism.
A spokeswwoman said it was intended as light-hearted fun but added:
"The very last thing Mr Kipling would want to do is cause offence to
anyone."
Can this be the nation which gave birth to the
likes of Benny Hill and Monty Python's Flying
Circus?
"The Life of Brian" ruffled a few ecclesiastical feathers here as
well.
JPG
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: British xians have SOH bypass - cake commercial withdrawn |
23 Dec 2003 09:13:57 PM |
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In article <3ccguvk5m2m3hlgctcbsn6eidp9on91tqi@4ax.com>, a@b.c says...
Some viewers said they had been offended by the advert, which was
created by Saatchi & Saatchi, while others claimed it was degrading to
women. Some, including a nun and a priest, said it was blasphemous.
This is where xians and atheists reverse roles. After all, xians have been
busily telling us that we have to put up with whatever they dish out us
during xmas. If we don't then we're "intolerant". Now when xians see
something they don't like the "tolerance" BS drops by the wayside. It's a
typical hypochristian double-standard.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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24 Dec 2003 01:43:15 PM |
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:13:57 -0700, quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com>
posted in alt.atheism:
This is where xians and atheists reverse roles. After all, xians have been
busily telling us that we have to put up with whatever they dish out us
during xmas. If we don't then we're "intolerant". Now when xians see
something they don't like the "tolerance" BS drops by the wayside. It's a
typical hypochristian double-standard.
That's because you don;t know the definition of "tolerance". It means
"Christianity is right and anything else is wrong".
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"I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the
type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who should survive his
physical death is also beyond my comprehension,...; such notions are for the fears or
absurd egoism of feeble souls."
- Albert Einstein
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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23 Dec 2003 08:23:02 AM |
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JPG wrote:
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
Mr Kipling pulls Christmas ad after complaints
A Christmas advertising campaign showing a woman giving birth during a
nativity play has been pulled after nearly 600 viewers complained.
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
The Independent Television Commission has already received 570
complaints about the advert, putting it in the top five most
complained about campaigns of the past decade, says Media Guardian.
Some viewers said they had been offended by the advert, which was
created by Saatchi & Saatchi, while others claimed it was degrading to
women. Some, including a nun and a priest, said it was blasphemous.
Manor Bakeries, which makes Mr Kipling cakes, said it had consulted
representatives of the Catholic and Anglican churches before
broadcasting the campaign and had been advised it was not offensive.
Ofcom, which took over from the Independent Television Commission as
the television advertising regulator this week, has yet to rule on the
complaints.
But the company has decided to pull the advert off air because of the
level of criticism.
A spokeswwoman said it was intended as light-hearted fun but added:
"The very last thing Mr Kipling would want to do is cause offence to
anyone."
Story filed: 14:30 Thursday 18th December 2003
I find it amusing that an accurate portrayal of Mary giving birth to Jesus
would be considered blasphemous, especially by a group of people who take
a vow of celebacy. Many Christians, especially of the fundamentalist sort,
seem to think that Jesus just materialized in Mary's arms, without all the
grunting and blood and sweat that are a normal part of child birth. And
most *certainly*, the Baby Jesus never saw his mother's vagina!!
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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| User: "Dude...Wheres My Clayton?" |
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23 Dec 2003 06:28:47 PM |
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"Gregory Gadow" <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message
news:3FE84FC6.3AD572FA@serv.net...
JPG wrote:
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
Mr Kipling pulls Christmas ad after complaints
A Christmas advertising campaign showing a woman giving birth during a
nativity play has been pulled after nearly 600 viewers complained.
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
The Independent Television Commission has already received 570
complaints about the advert, putting it in the top five most
complained about campaigns of the past decade, says Media Guardian.
Some viewers said they had been offended by the advert, which was
created by Saatchi & Saatchi, while others claimed it was degrading to
women. Some, including a nun and a priest, said it was blasphemous.
Manor Bakeries, which makes Mr Kipling cakes, said it had consulted
representatives of the Catholic and Anglican churches before
broadcasting the campaign and had been advised it was not offensive.
Ofcom, which took over from the Independent Television Commission as
the television advertising regulator this week, has yet to rule on the
complaints.
But the company has decided to pull the advert off air because of the
level of criticism.
A spokeswwoman said it was intended as light-hearted fun but added:
"The very last thing Mr Kipling would want to do is cause offence to
anyone."
Story filed: 14:30 Thursday 18th December 2003
I find it amusing that an accurate portrayal of Mary giving birth to Jesus
would be considered blasphemous, especially by a group of people who take
a vow of celebacy. Many Christians, especially of the fundamentalist sort,
seem to think that Jesus just materialized in Mary's arms, without all the
grunting and blood and sweat that are a normal part of child birth. And
most *certainly*, the Baby Jesus never saw his mother's vagina!!
I think they are the same people who get offended when Jesus is shown as
anything other than a blonde haired, blue eyed white guy in immaculate
*snigger* white robes.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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| User: "Adam Marczyk" |
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23 Dec 2003 08:56:16 PM |
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Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote in message
news:3FE84FC6.3AD572FA@serv.net...
JPG wrote:
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
Mr Kipling pulls Christmas ad after complaints
A Christmas advertising campaign showing a woman giving birth during a
nativity play has been pulled after nearly 600 viewers complained.
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
The Independent Television Commission has already received 570
complaints about the advert, putting it in the top five most
complained about campaigns of the past decade, says Media Guardian.
Some viewers said they had been offended by the advert, which was
created by Saatchi & Saatchi, while others claimed it was degrading to
women. Some, including a nun and a priest, said it was blasphemous.
Manor Bakeries, which makes Mr Kipling cakes, said it had consulted
representatives of the Catholic and Anglican churches before
broadcasting the campaign and had been advised it was not offensive.
Ofcom, which took over from the Independent Television Commission as
the television advertising regulator this week, has yet to rule on the
complaints.
But the company has decided to pull the advert off air because of the
level of criticism.
A spokeswwoman said it was intended as light-hearted fun but added:
"The very last thing Mr Kipling would want to do is cause offence to
anyone."
Story filed: 14:30 Thursday 18th December 2003
I find it amusing that an accurate portrayal of Mary giving birth to
Jesus would be considered blasphemous, especially by a group of people
who take a vow of celebacy. Many Christians, especially of the
fundamentalist sort, seem to think that Jesus just materialized in
Mary's arms, without all the grunting and blood and sweat that are a
normal part of child birth. And most *certainly*, the Baby Jesus never
saw his mother's vagina!!
I'm reminded of the cartoon where a policeman drags a woman into court,
saying, "Your Honor, this woman gave birth to a naked child."
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three hundred times in a two-minute | http://www.ebonmusings.org
conversation." | e-mail: ebonmuse!hotmail.com
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| User: "quibbler" |
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23 Dec 2003 09:17:08 PM |
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In article <3FE84FC6.3AD572FA@serv.net>, says...
JPG wrote:
And most *certainly*, the Baby Jesus never saw his mother's vagina!!
LOL. That would make him the only man in palestine to have not gotten the
two shekel tour :) Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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| User: "Martin Crisp" |
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23 Dec 2003 10:00:17 PM |
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On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 1:23:02 +1100, Gregory Gadow wrote
(in message <3FE84FC6.3AD572FA@serv.net>):
JPG wrote:
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
[...]
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
[...]
I find it amusing that an accurate portrayal of Mary giving
birth to Jesus would be considered blasphemous, especially by a
group of people who take a vow of celebacy. Many Christians,
especially of the fundamentalist sort, seem to think that Jesus
just materialized in Mary's arms, without all the grunting and
blood and sweat that are a normal part of child birth. And most
*certainly*, the Baby Jesus never saw his mother's vagina!!
I don't, I consider it /perfectly/ reasonable that such be seen as
blasphemous [if one accepts Catholic doctrine, at least - OK so
that would have to be about the largest stretch of 'reasonable'
ever, but still...].
Mary's immaculate conception -> Mary escaped the punishments of
Original Sin -> no pain in childbirth. [And it would sort-of
account for her Amazingly Resilient Hymen]
[Please refer to Augustine's City of God, and Ineffablis Deus]
Have Fun
Martin
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aa #1792
Almost always SMASHed
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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24 Dec 2003 08:20:08 AM |
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Martin Crisp wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 1:23:02 +1100, Gregory Gadow wrote
(in message <3FE84FC6.3AD572FA@serv.net>):
JPG wrote:
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
[...]
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
[...]
I find it amusing that an accurate portrayal of Mary giving
birth to Jesus would be considered blasphemous, especially by a
group of people who take a vow of celebacy. Many Christians,
especially of the fundamentalist sort, seem to think that Jesus
just materialized in Mary's arms, without all the grunting and
blood and sweat that are a normal part of child birth. And most
*certainly*, the Baby Jesus never saw his mother's vagina!!
I don't, I consider it /perfectly/ reasonable that such be seen as
blasphemous [if one accepts Catholic doctrine, at least - OK so
that would have to be about the largest stretch of 'reasonable'
ever, but still...].
Mary's immaculate conception -> Mary escaped the punishments of
Original Sin -> no pain in childbirth. [And it would sort-of
account for her Amazingly Resilient Hymen]
So the Baby Jesus was squirted out with no more effort than a cat having
kittens?
[Please refer to Augustine's City of God, and Ineffablis Deus]
I'd rather not, if you don't mind. Augustine upsets my digestion.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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| User: "Martin Crisp" |
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24 Dec 2003 02:41:38 PM |
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 1:20:08 +1100, Gregory Gadow wrote
(in message <3FE9A098.529AA365@serv.net>):
Martin Crisp wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 1:23:02 +1100, Gregory Gadow wrote
(in message <3FE84FC6.3AD572FA@serv.net>):
JPG wrote:
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
[...]
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
[...]
I find it amusing that an accurate portrayal of Mary giving
birth to Jesus would be considered blasphemous, especially by a
group of people who take a vow of celebacy. Many Christians,
especially of the fundamentalist sort, seem to think that Jesus
just materialized in Mary's arms, without all the grunting and
blood and sweat that are a normal part of child birth. And most
*certainly*, the Baby Jesus never saw his mother's vagina!!
I don't, I consider it /perfectly/ reasonable that such be seen as
blasphemous [if one accepts Catholic doctrine, at least - OK so
that would have to be about the largest stretch of 'reasonable'
ever, but still...].
Mary's immaculate conception -> Mary escaped the punishments of
Original Sin -> no pain in childbirth. [And it would sort-of
account for her Amazingly Resilient Hymen]
So the Baby Jesus was squirted out with no more effort than a cat having
kittens?
Yes, possibly even less, I also presume without the noise at the
beginning of the process as well. [After all the Holy Ghostie
can't be that well hung if she needed a dream to let her know he'd
come.]
[Please refer to Augustine's City of God, and Ineffablis Deus]
I'd rather not, if you don't mind. Augustine upsets my digestion.
Yes, well, you'll note that Catholics tend not to eat for a while
before attending the Mass. /They/ claim it's because they should
ensure only clean stomach juices to digest their saviour in, but I
wouldn't be at all surprised if it's more to do with the sermons.
Have Fun
Martin
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Almost always SMASHed
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| User: "JPG" |
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24 Dec 2003 03:59:28 PM |
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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 7:41:38 +1100, Martin Crisp
<Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote:
On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 1:20:08 +1100, Gregory Gadow wrote
(in message <3FE9A098.529AA365@serv.net>):
Martin Crisp wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 1:23:02 +1100, Gregory Gadow wrote
(in message <3FE84FC6.3AD572FA@serv.net>):
JPG wrote:
Mr Kipling is a well known brand of cakes and other baked goods in the
UK.
Apparently the Christians of the UK have had a sense-of-humour bypass.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848264.html
[...]
The controversial advert for Mr Kipling cakes opens on what appears to
be a hospital labour ward, with a woman screaming in pain as she gives
birth.
But as the camera pans back to reveal that it is in fact an unusually
explicit school nativity play, one spectator asks whether Mr Kipling
has ever directed before - to the inevitable reply, "No, but he does
make exceedingly good cakes."
[...]
I find it amusing that an accurate portrayal of Mary giving
birth to Jesus would be considered blasphemous, especially by a
group of people who take a vow of celebacy. Many Christians,
especially of the fundamentalist sort, seem to think that Jesus
just materialized in Mary's arms, without all the grunting and
blood and sweat that are a normal part of child birth. And most
*certainly*, the Baby Jesus never saw his mother's vagina!!
I don't, I consider it /perfectly/ reasonable that such be seen as
blasphemous [if one accepts Catholic doctrine, at least - OK so
that would have to be about the largest stretch of 'reasonable'
ever, but still...].
Mary's immaculate conception -> Mary escaped the punishments of
Original Sin -> no pain in childbirth. [And it would sort-of
account for her Amazingly Resilient Hymen]
So the Baby Jesus was squirted out with no more effort than a cat having
kittens?
Yes, possibly even less, I also presume without the noise at the
beginning of the process as well. [After all the Holy Ghostie
can't be that well hung if she needed a dream to let her know he'd
come.]
[Please refer to Augustine's City of God, and Ineffablis Deus]
I'd rather not, if you don't mind. Augustine upsets my digestion.
Yes, well, you'll note that Catholics tend not to eat for a while
before attending the Mass. /They/ claim it's because they should
ensure only clean stomach juices to digest their saviour in, but I
wouldn't be at all surprised if it's more to do with the sermons.
I suspect it's more to do with intestinal gas, and the overwhelming
urge to fart during sermons.
JPG
Have Fun
Martin
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