Wow! They actually went and cast someone vaguely Semitic-looking as Jeebuz!

That ought to get the Fundies up-in-arms, since, as any of them will probably tell you - Jeebuz was blonde-haired, blue-eyed, and about as Aryan looking as Matthew McConaughey!

I hear Iceland withdraw their entire military contribution from Iraq.

Mind you, it was just one person.

Come on... that clip is hysterical and quite cute!

As a recovering Christian, whenever I get into a discussion with someone about Christianity, I always ask them if they think Judas is the villain or hero of Christianity. It's always interesting to see folks try to untie the theological pretzel this presents...

Whatever. Atonement theology is bullshit anyway.

Dan--saw your article on Dennis Kucinich, the one in which you use the admonition "[d]on't be retarded." Kicking around developmentaly disabled people? Just count your lucky stars that your kid isn't developmentaly disabled, and that he will be able to defend himself against (and ignore) jerks and bigots.

Let's boycott Iceland anyway, just for the hell of it.

@6: That's a fairly retarded post.

If everyone refers to such people as "developmentally disabled", can't we have retarded for things that are retarded?

#9--If everyone refers to such people as "African-Americans," can't we have nigger for people that are niggers?

And actually, the term "retarded" is still used appropriately for people with developmental disabilities--most oftenly used in the phrase "profoundly retarded" to describe someone with severe congnitive problems--not to describe Bush or someone who votes for the wrong candidate in a primary election.

It is a matter of courtesy.

Lame as it may make me, I really like the Judas in "Jesus Christ: Superstar," who is a good person in so many ways and a bad one only in one; but that one pretty much destroys him. I think it's kind of a fitting metaphor for a lot of people's lives, who make one mistake and see everything come crashing down. I also think Judas is neither hero nor villain, but has aspects of both-like the good Christians teach (notice I say good, not fundie, or as I call em Uber-Christians) we have all sinned, but that does not make us inherently terrible people or unworthy of love and redemption. Judas committed a great mistake (if anything, he was not loyal to his friend) but ended up having a helping hand in history.

#10 "If everyone refers to such people as "African-Americans," can't we have nigger for people that are niggers?"

You'll find that's already the case.

#9--If everyone refers to such people as "African-Americans," can't we have nigger for people that are niggers?

Exactly! Also, I didn't say people. I know that reading is hard, but try it again.

What?! They have video phones in Iceland?! That's awesome!

As for the "developmentally disabled"/"retarded" debate, Chris Rock did have a routine called "Niggas vs. Black People".

That poor bishop of Reykjavik... He truely lives among the heathens.

Making fun of Christian images is a lot of fun, I've really enjoyed this series about last supper.

However we must also be on the lookout or images offensive to us Jews. A swastika was found in drawn a restroom stall in Columbia university last week. It made national news, as this restroom drawing should. Any image no matter how small that is hateful of offensive to Jewish people must not be tolerated.