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The Funny Side of Religion
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Improbable wrote: »From the extremely entertaining and informative Intelligence Squared debate.
I remember thinking this at the time of the debate and didn't find out the answer but why is the count "after" greater than "before" by 52, people late to get to the debate?0 -
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Not really funny but thought this would be the place place to share
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16184773Banksy unveils church abuse work
Street artist Banksy has installed a vandalised sculpture of a priest in a gallery in Liverpool.
Cardinal Sin is a bust with its face sawn off and replaced by blank tiles, designed as a response to the child abuse scandal in the Catholic church.
In a statement, Banksy said: "I'm never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one."
The sculpture was unveiled at the Walker Art Gallery, where it is sitting alongside 17th Century religious art.
The bathroom tiles have been put in place of the priest's face to create a pixelated effect.
"I love everything about the Walker Gallery - the Old Masters, the contemporary art, the rude girl in the cafe. And when I found out Mr Walker built it with beer money it became my favourite gallery," said Banksy.
"The statue? I guess you could call it a Christmas present. At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse."
The replica 18th Century bust is now in a room with an altarpiece painted for the Archbishop of Seville by the Spanish artist Murillo in 1673 and Rubens' painting The Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and the Child Baptist.
Reyahn King, director of art galleries at National Museums Liverpool, said Banksy approached the gallery and specified that his sculpture be shown alongside the gallery's period collection.
"The sculpture very clearly contains a message," she said. "When you look at it and see the tiles that have been applied to the sawn-off face, you immediately get the impression of those pixelated images of suspected criminals you see on screen or in a newspaper photograph.
"What interests me is that when a visitor sees that, they then perhaps will look at the other paintings in the gallery and look for the less obvious messages that all artists tend to have within their work.
The gallery had no hesitation in accepting Banksy's sculpture, she added.
'Challenging' art
"We have always shown controversial art and have works of art that were considered very controversial in their time. It's part of an artistic tradition to show art that challenges people."
Anthea Jarvis, an art expert at Liverpool's Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral said: "I don't find the work of art at all offensive, but I do find that statement offensive.
"Lies and corruption are not exclusive to the church, they're exclusive to mankind generally I'm afraid.
"But I think the comment about the bishops of the Catholic church who have covered up abuse, that is criticism which the church has to take and learn from and move on, and I think it will."
This is only the second time that the secretive artist, known for his subversive images on street walls, has created work for a gallery.
A show at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery in 2009 attracted 300,000 people over 12 weeks.
Cardinal Sin has been loaned indefinitely by the artist to the Walker gallery.
Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test
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From Cute Overload*: O Little Town Of BethlehAAAARRRGGHH!
* Yes, I subscribe to Cute Overload. You gotta problem with that? :cool:From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut
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I saw it on TV. I really hope people dont get worked up over it. It's quite harmless.0 -
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Did mushroom used to mean something else?
edit: Apparently so!
mush·room
/ˈmʌʃrum, -rʊm/ Show Spelled[muhsh-room, -room] Show IPA
noun
1.
any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
2.
any of several edible species, especially of the family Agaricaceae, as Agaricus campestris (meadow mushroom or field mushroom), cultivated for food in the U.S.
3.
anything of similar shape or correspondingly rapid growth.
4.
a large, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke or rubble, formed in the atmosphere as a result of an explosion, especially a nuclear explosion.
adjective
5.
of, consisting of, or containing mushrooms: a mushroom omelet.
6.
resembling a mushroom in shape or form.
7.
of rapid growth and often brief duration: mushroom towns of the gold-rush days.0 -
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Have one. Snuck it in when my mother wasn't looking. It's like the Catalan version of Where's Wally apparently. Kids visit other houses to find the caganer taking a dump in their crib.
We also have a statue of an angel with a fishing rod () with a clothes-peg at the end. I stuck a "Will Strip 4 Food" sign on there. Hasn't been noticed yet though. 0 -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjA-N1IrwdA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAp9k8rzQDw
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