As if chopping people’s heads off and blowing up buildings wasn’t in your face enough, now they’re putting out this ad campaign in Australia.
Weasel Zippers has the info behind the story.
Update: Oh nooooo!!!! Look what happened!
I’m gonna’ want affidavits from all of you as to your whereabouts the past few days. We’ve got some clues though.
Look how only the bottom of the billboard was torn meaning that the person was rather short and wasn’t smart enough to prepare with a stick or anything. They didn’t venture all the way across the billboard probably due to a fear of heights.
I’m no Sherlock Holmes but I would think we’re looking for a short not very intelligent Christian who doesn’t plan very well and is likely scared of heights. My goodness, that sounds like me.
I’ve got five kids who’ll testify they were with me all the time. Any of you got alibis for this horrendous crime?
June 4, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I was right here at home the whole time! My 2 cats will vouch for me!
June 4, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Australia? No, I have never been there. But, I will follow Weiner's argument: it can be me.
June 4, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Wasn't me. I've never been to Europe.
June 4, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Ha! Likely alibis.
Love the "Europe" line and the random hit on Weiner.
And btw, we accept the word of dogs but never cats. No. Not ever cats.
June 4, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Given the garbage in the combox at Weasel Zippers, I would hesitate to link so freely. I realize that you court a populist constituency, but it is a demographic leavened, more or less, by the Gospel. The intestinal spelunkers are somewhat more abrasive and target a somewhat less charititable, perhaps less confirmedly bipedal audience.
June 4, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Have you read our combox?
June 4, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Why is this even being posted? The notion that Jesus was a prophet of Islam is a squarely orthodox Qur'anic teaching. There's no there there regarding the message on this billboard. This is not a ranting of radical, literalist, fundamentalist believers of the Qur'an. All 1.2 [or.3, or.4] billion Muslims hold this to be true. Why should any Christian be surprised or offended? (Also, agree w/anonymous that WZ is less than a forum of rational, sensible, and especially Christian dialogue.)
June 4, 2011 at 11:32 pm
The false Jesus of the Koran is a prophet of Islam, the true Jesus presented by the Scriptures is God's only begotten son. Islam claims God is only one person and can't have any pardners. Christ said "I and the Father are one." The Jesus of Islam is an anti-christ, because Islam denies God came in the flesh. Christian should boldly proclaim the truth that Jesus is God come in the flesh to save mankind for the salvation of souls and to refute the heresies of Muhammed.
June 5, 2011 at 2:14 am
Oh, Mr. Archbold, you are deceived. My cats tell me that a dog will sell you down the river for a snausage in a heart beat. Cats will never give away your secrets.
June 5, 2011 at 5:24 am
I agree with ludivico, there is no reason why Christians should be offended by this. More of my thoughts on the issue:
http://patrick-button.blogspot.com/2011/06/church-weenie-or-church-militant.html
By the way, I enjoy WZ though I do find it to be both uncharitable and irrational at times.
June 5, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Every Christian ought be offended by that Ad campaign because every untruth about Our Lord and Saviour is Blasphemous.
June 5, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Funny, I heard a fatwa was proclaimed against US Christians, now I know why.
June 5, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Cats are like Jesuits: they only eat the best and most expensive food, they're sneaky, and plot behind your back.
Dogs are like Dominicans (Domini canis): loyal, messy, and while bound to eat whatever food you're not guarding with your life. They are also mendicants, constantly begging for stuff.
June 5, 2011 at 10:50 pm
"The false Jesus of the Koran is a prophet of Islam…."
I don't think this is correct, but that they are speaking (wrongly) about the same man. And I agree with Vermont Crank.
June 6, 2011 at 2:39 am
there is a difference between being a prophet according to Islam, and being a prophet OF islam itself… the first is fact when it comes to Christ, since Muslims consider him a prophet. the second attributes Christ himself as a proponent of Muslim teaching in addition to the first, and I believe that those who placed that billboard were aiming more towards that…
June 6, 2011 at 4:28 am
O.K., Random Friar, I give. I like your Dominican dog description. My cats, however, were miffed over your Jesuit analogy. They have taken to their beds in silence.
June 7, 2011 at 2:36 am
I got 5 kids too who will do the same on my behalf. To be honest, I would have torn the darn poster down if I could because I don't want the name of my G-d to be taken in vain specially by Mohammedans. They think they can usurp the Judeo-Christian narrative by bestowing a prophet status to the Lord. Then they join in the continuum by referring to a Judeo-Christian-Islamo tradition. The nerve of those followers of the bloody, extortionist, rapist, murderer, pedophile poser who try to hijack Divine Revelation to legitimize their infernal cult. Filthy dogs.