OK. This has to go down as one of the stupidest ideas ever. It’s probably right under freeing Barabbas and just over Germany invading Russia. Yeah, it’s that stupid.
The AP is reporting that a Roman Catholic youth group on the Spanish tourist destination island of Mallorca, was a little broke so they came up with a brilliant idea. They decided to pose nearly nude for a calendar recreating scenes from the Passion of Christ. Yup. Easter themed porn.
The calendar features black and white shots of young men and women of Sant Joan, population 2,000, recreating images of the Roman era when Christianity was born.
Images taken in rustic settings include nearly naked gladiators fighting with spears, and Roman centurions with their buttocks visible escorting three imprisoned Christians wearing skimpy loin cloths while carrying a rustic wooden cross.
Another scene shot for the calendar shows 12 naked male models from the town lined up in a row, smiling and holding classic Roman plumed helmets in front of their private parts.
Mallorca’s Bishop Jesus Murgui correctly criticized the idiotic calendar. “The calendar trivializes Easter,” the Bishop’s office said in a statement.
But guess what, the Catholic group says that the bishop must be wrong because they’ve sold so many of the calendars. Seriously, that’s what they said. Because you know Jesus always said that if something’s popular it’s probably the right thing to do.
January 7, 2011 at 5:59 pm
ok- did I click on THE ONION?
January 7, 2011 at 6:01 pm
We should be thankful they freed Barabbas. Had they chosen to free Jesus, scripture would never have been fulfilled and Jesus would have never died for our sins.
January 7, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Anon,
Killing Jesus was bad. Yes, Jesus did some good with it but let's face it, killing the Lord clearly has to rank up there with some of the really really bad decisions since apples started looking good to Eve.
January 7, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Maybe they could sell it to Playboy instead. This type of behavior, from a Catholic youth group, shows a strong lack of formation of young people in the Church. Maybe we ought to be looking at why, rather than what. The Twilight series, where a girl is willing to lose her soul for the love of a guy, who happens to be a vampire, is one reason why young people today have no sense of sin. So are we surprised when they come up with trash like this.
January 7, 2011 at 10:20 pm
There must be a Jesuit involved in there formation………
January 8, 2011 at 3:48 am
This is definitely a "WTF" moment.
January 9, 2011 at 3:25 am
duh, their selling them…to men! and not necessarily Catholic men. I love the Spanish, but really, have we forgotten their recent tendencies?
January 11, 2011 at 1:05 am
You say this happened in Europe?