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:D Not “our” slayer…
U.S. heavy metal band Slayer’s latest album has been recalled from music stores across India after the country’s small Christian community said the cover depicting Christ with amputated arms and a missing eye was insulting.
Christian groups said the album — “Christ Illusion” — did not only have an offensive image on its cover, but some of the songs such as “Skeleton Christ” and “Jihad” hurt the sensibilities of Christians and Muslims alike.
“We took strong exception to the album which is offensive and in very bad taste,” said Joseph Dias of Mumbai’s Catholic Secular Forum.
The protests prompted EMI Music, Slayer’s Indian-based label, to pull the album from all music stores and its depots.
“Last week we recalled all the albums and destroyed them as we did not want any community to be hurt,” said T. Suresh, the company general manager.
In May, Christians, who make up about two per cent of Hindu-majority India’s one-billion plus population, protested against the screening of “The Da Vinci Code”, and forced its producers, Sony Pictures, to add a disclaimer saying the movie was a work of fiction.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/10102006/325/angry-christians-force-slayer-album-india.html
I think we should ban christianity, its insulting to devil worshippers :roll:
When will this anti-free speech nonsense stop?
Surely freedom of speech means freedom to protest too. Personally, I think a person’s freedom of speech should have self-imposed limits for the greater good of the society as a whole.
Jesus Christ superstar the musical caused uproar years ago, some christians even torched the theatres!
it happes all religions kick off for some reason
@token_male wrote:
@geoff wrote:
Where else in humanity would billions believe in a myth?
the freemasons :D
How did you know … it’s meant to be a secret !!!!
@geoff wrote:
All ‘christians’, ‘God believers’, ‘allah freaks’, etc., should be insulted. If they actually got a life and realised they choose their destiny and not follow some bullshit higher being, we may all live a more peaceful life.
Where else in humanity would billions believe in a myth?
Well Geoff, us “God Believers” ( :roll: ) accept that God gave us Free Will. We do choose our own destiny and way of life. So in your comment, you think that people who follow a higher power don’t have a life? A little presumptuous wouldn’t you say? Do you not think Mother Teresa had a life because she devoted it to people who were/are poverty stricken because she believed God called her to do so? In my humble opinion, your statement was a little misguided. O:)
Believing in a higher power isn’t as nonsensical as you portray it. Even if you disregard religious dogma, eminent scientists still debate over the existence of a creator. Is the universe the product of a long sequence of flukes, or is it the product of some supreme entity?
I believe that there must be a God out there. Not some old man with a white beard that lives up in the clouds but some kind of superior being or force that created and regulates all life in the universe. Maybe our universe is a small speck of paint on a giant mural. The purpose of each speck (i.e. universe) in isolation would seem insignificant and meaningless but each one is needed to create the big picture. So maybe our universe is the smallest part of a giant cosmic eco-system.
@Mr Bigstuff wrote:
Believing in a higher power isn’t as nonsensical as you portray it. Even if you disregard religious dogma, eminent scientists still debate over the existence of a creator. Is the universe the product of a long sequence of flukes, or is it the product of some supreme entity?
I believe that there must be a God out there. Not some old man with a white beard that lives up in the clouds but some kind of superior being or force that created and regulates all life in the universe. Maybe our universe is a small speck of paint on a giant mural. The purpose of each speck (i.e. universe) in isolation would seem insignificant and meaningless but each one is needed to create the big picture. So maybe our universe is the smallest part of a giant cosmic eco-system.
well put and you know what? i agree with you, its one of those subjects that kinda fascinates me mr big. the one that gets me is the ‘black holes’ do only chosen people dissapear down them? and there are a lot of people that go missing each year and are never ever found? mr big this is definately a subject for a late night evening lol you know the ones, you have freinds round , drink eat etc and the few haridier members of the group sit and debate one of life’s mysteries lol xxxx
If there is a God then why the hell is Gary Neville still playing for England?
oh and I forgot to say I quite like the “speck” theory of Mr B’s.
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