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Related: About this forumWhen Christians argue that Jesus Christ has no religious significance
January 12, 2013
By Fred Clark
An Ohio public school superintendent is defending the ginormous reproduction of Sallmans Head of Christ that hangs in a Jackson City school building. He says the iconic portrayal of a white Gentile Jesus does not privilege or establish religion, but merely reflects the culture of our community.
You can use a lot of words to describe a larger-than-life reproduction of this particular painting, but Im not sure culture should be one of them. (OK, yes, fine everything is culture. But still.)
Hemant Mehta says the portrait is a clear endorsement and privileging of sectarian religious and that it has no place in a public school. Hes absolutely right.
Its not just that this is an illegal establishment of religion, but that its just plain not fair to privilege one particular sect over everyone else. Instead of plastering pictures of Jesus in our public spaces, forcing non-Christians to see that our team outnumbers their team, Christians should try to think about what Jesus told us. He said we should be fair. He said Do to others as you would have them do to you.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2013/01/12/when-christians-argue-that-jesus-christ-has-no-religious-significance/
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)immediately condemn fanatical views and practices of their religion when it happens. As it stand now, they seem to wait until outside groups speak up, then meekly give a nod of support but fail to step up to the front and lead. Sure, there may be a few moderate believers that do that, but until the majority of moderate believers do the same, we will continue to see zealots and fanatics attempt to impose their will on the rest of us.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Viva_Daddy
(785 posts)"He who has the gold makes the rules."
intaglio
(8,170 posts)If this continues I might be taking part in "...immanentizing the eschaton" as the Illuminatus! trilogy has it
I think this is the second time