“P— CHRIST” COMING TO NYC
September 21, 2012
www.catholicleague.org/piss-christ-coming-to-nyc/
Bill Donohue comments as follows:
On September 27, the Edward Tyler Nahem gallery in mid-town Manhattan will host an exhibit, “Body and Spirit: Andres Serrano 1987-2012,” that features Serrano’s “P— Christ” piece; it shows a crucifix submerged in a jar of his own urine. The exhibit ends October 26.
Serrano has said that “P— Christ” was “meant to question the whole notion of what is acceptable and unacceptable.” There is not much to question: decent people know it is unacceptable. But in elite cultural circles, anti-Christian art is not only acceptable, it is laudatory. Just don’t offend Muslims. To wit: this week a disrespectful French cartoon of Muhammad was not shown on any of the network or cable TV news shows.
In 2006, when the Danish cartoons that angered Muslims appeared, not only were they not shown on the networks or cable, newspapers all across the nation refused to do so. In fact, the leading newspapers echoed the position of the New York Times: it said it was wrong to publish “gratuitous assaults on religious grounds.” Yet this same newspaper, in the same article about the Danish cartoons, reproduced the “dung on the Virgin Mary” artwork that was shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s “Sensation” exhibition in 1999! To show how acceptable anti-Christian art is, three days after “Sensation” opened, Christie’s sponsored a “P— Christ” print exhibit.
“P— Christ,” which dates back to the late 1980s, wouldn’t matter as much to Christians in 2012 if it weren’t for the supine statements offered by the Obama administration in the wake of an anti-Islamic video. Never before have Americans learned how deeply offended our elites are by anti-religious fare. If only we could believe them. When have they ever condemned anti-Christian movies or art?
I will be there on Thursday with a contingent from the Catholic League. Details to follow next week.
White House won’t denounce “P— Christ” after repeatedly denouncing Muhammad movie
Posted by Deacon Robert on September 21, 2012
JihadWatch.org
Double standards and dhimmi pandering exposed. Christians don’t kill people for being insulted, and Obama knows that. “WH Silent Over Demands to Denounce ‘P— Christ’ Artwork,” by Todd Starnes for Fox News, September 21:
Will someone stand up and please smash that thing ? What a blasphemy and disgrace ! Shame shame on us, and the Muslims go nuts over a movie while we sit back and let that happen !
Dear hearts, my eyes are still sleepy, but am I reading that some of us plan to go to this attempt? I wouldn’t smash it, that would end up in sympathy for him, but instead prepare for the best media coverage we can get. That would mean 1. notifying the media of the protest. 2. preparing signs that give a clear message in spite of what the media reports, and then get the signs into all the footage when they run cameras [stand behind the people who are being interviewed]. That way the people can see a message no matter what bs the media is spouting. (I’m thinking of signs that say what Christ and Christianity have given to our country, and how it hurts us to attack it like this–or one like, ‘To dishonor Christ, the Son of God who died for us, is an injustice. Fight this injustice!’ and also signs that clearly give the name and contact info of the ‘artist’ and the contact info for the sponsor, and also signs that call for a boycott of this sponsor). 3. Get some good looking young people to go and put them up front. Make sure there’s a couple of minorities, and people in rather ethnic-y dress. Makes it harder for the media to mock. [Well, at our parish there's a lady who wears a Spanish kind of head scarf, like that. And surely you've got some cute kids, we do.] 4. Then do what they do to get things to ‘go viral.’ I don’t know what this is. 5. Put out a call ASAP with the contact info of sponsor and ask for letters and phone calls from around the country.
Oh thank you so much to anyone who responds and attends and fights!! I wish I could! May God bless you for standing up for his Son. Would that the Holy Father would grant an indulgence, a special new one, for people who defend our Faith against these attacks. But I personally wouldn’t call for violence of any kind. That’s not our style, is it, and humility will play better in Peoria–and Pakistan. I’m not ruling out that kind of response in principle, not without discussion, but we’re not presently prepared to do it well, are we? I could be wrong, I’m a woman. But for sure, I know from experience in protests, they’ll try to provoke violence, and encourage rash speech (to which I am myself inclined). Don’t fall for it without knowing what you’re about.
And you still wonder what is going to happen to New York City because of this satanic blasphemy (among many others down through the years)? I’ll tell you what.
WWIII is coming. Worldwide destruction will be the outcome. In to restore “order” will be Satan himself and his protegé the Antichrist. Say you prayers every night. Those who survive will go insane or wish to be dead.
Bill Donohue responds to “P— Christ”
Published on Sep 26, 2012 by TheCatholicLeague
Bill Donohue responds to Andres Serrano’s “P— Christ” that will be featured in
New York City at the Edward Tyler Nahem gallery from September 27 to October 26.