What Would Christ Do (or Say)?

Riding on the public relations debacle of Innocence of Muslims, the effort of one Nakoula Basseley, a convicted fraudster, the renowned Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery in New York is ‘without fear and favor’ featuring the work of Andres Serrano, a bonafide artist whose claim to fame is his controversial and ‘fearless’ portrayal of “Piss Christ” that debuted in 1989 and that was funded by the equally celebrated National Endowment For Arts.

The artwork, which features a photograph of the crucifix submerged in Serrano’s own urine (as he submitted), has Christians clamouring awkwardly for moral equivalency with Muslims, given the “double standard and religious hypocrisy” of the Obama Administration who publicly apologized to Muslims for Nakoula’s work while staying conspicuously silent on Serrano’s.

On a tangent, let us ask the rhetorical question! What would Christ do (or say) about his followers getting their knickers in a knot?

He would say to ‘blaspheme him’ is a misnomer simply because a dyed-in-the-wool Christian embrace it as a condition. At the same time, a diehard Muslim must react to desecration because it is a dictate, a statutory provision.

Christ would say defiling his bible even, let alone him, ought to evoke nothing but a warm embrace. He would add that his followers are not asked to emulate his deed on the cross, but the least they can do is to respond the way HE would, by embracing the persecutors.

Everything else is commentary.

Words – Tommy Peters

Postscript: Admittedly, as a Christian, it was a painful experience compiling and posting the attached file, and it was the first time I felt the silent pain of my Muslim friends when they faced a comparable situation.

Andres Serrano a.k.a. Brutus Faust

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