Christ-like bin Laden image Stirs Debate in Australia

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A frisky lot, those Australians!

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Artworks depicting Osama bin Laden in a Christ-like pose and a statue of the Virgin Mary covered in a burqa have caused a stir in Australia after they were showcased in a prestigious religious art competition.

"Bearded Orientals: Making the Empire Cross" by Priscilla Bracks is a "double vision" print that depicts both Jesus and bin Laden.

Luke Sullivan's "The Fourth Secret of Fatima" is a statue of Mary, her head and torso obscured by a blue burqa like the one Afghan women had to wear under the militant Taliban.

The artworks were among more than 500 entries in the Blake Prize for Religious Art, and have been included in an exhibition at the National Art School in Sydney.

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/articleslideshow?articleId=USSYD27380920070830&start=1&refresh=true

But do those pictures really "undermine religious beliefs"????

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

But do those pictures really "undermine religious beliefs"????

I'm afraid that's too good to be true. One can always hope though....

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Well, Jesus gonna be here
He gonna be here soon
He's gonna cover us up with leaves
And a blanket from the moon
With a promise and a vow
And a lullaby for my brow
Jesus gonna be here
He gonna be here soon

Well I'm not gonna do nothing but wait here
I don't have to shout
I got me no reason
And I got no doubt
I'm gonna get myself unfurled
From this mortal coiled up world
Because Jesus gonna be here
He gonna be here soon

I got to keep my eyes keep 'em wide open
So I can see my lord
I'm gonna watch the horizon
For a brand new ford
Well, I can hear him rolling on down the lane
I said Hollywood be thy name
Jesus gonna be
He gonna be here soon

Well I've been faithful
And I've been so good
Except for drinking
But he knew that I would
I'm gonna leave this place better
Than the way I found that it was
And Jesus gonna be here
He gonna be here soon

-- Mr. Waits

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Well, art ...

(source: Daily Telegraph [Sydney], 30.08.07, frontapage & page 5)

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Thomas wrote:

Phoenix32890 wrote:
But do those pictures really "undermine religious beliefs"????

I'm afraid that's too good to be true. One can always hope though....

With luck they will. Could kill two birds with one stone there....nutty christians and nutty muslims.

We ain't got so many religious beliefs as you murricans to undermine, anyway, thank dog.

Don't know about them pesky Germans.

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I well remember the almost hysterical outrage over Piss Christ. Momma mia!
This is Leake's (The Australian newspaper's cartoonist) response to the current hoo ha. I guess both religions have copped a bit of a seve now? :wink: :

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5633767,00.jpg

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