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Advertising, Arthur Skinner, Catholic Action, Christmas billboard, Church, Humour, St Matthew in the City, Virgin Mary
In what was an almost inevitable development, fundamentalist Catholic Arthur Skinner, of the reactionary Catholic Action group, has vandalised the Christmas billboard erected earlier this week by St Matthew in the City, Auckland, New Zealand. Taking a pair of scissors to the billboard to reveal another picture below, Skinner has made it appear as if the Virgin Mary is expressing shock at various animals proceeding forth from her eternally intact vagina:
Original St Matthews Christmas Billboard
Vandalised St Matthews Christmas Billboard: Arthur Skinner (Catholic Action) makes it appear as if the Virgin Mary is shocked at animals proceeding two-by-two out of her eternally intact vagina
Arthur Skinner’s unusual alteration to the Christmas billboard appears to be unintentional, rather than a work of artistic creativity. TV3 reports Skinner ranting, “Everyone knows instinctively, you don’t muck around with God’s mother. This is devil’s work. This is luciferian. The attack on the blessed virgin.” Stuff reports that Skinner called church vicar Glynn Cardy the day he cut the poster to tell him he would “roast slowly in hell” for the billboard.
As Eric commented in respect of a similar rant by Family First’s Bob McCoskrie against St Matthew’s 2009 Christmas billboard,
There is a long-standing tradition in Christianity to immediately condemn any connection between Jesus and sexual activity of any kind. Whether this is due to a perceived need to defend the ludicrous doctrine of the virgin birth from critique (is the NT wrong?) or simply another aspect of the long historical tradition that claims the elevated, the divine, or the righteous are not subject to the same bodily weaknesses and urges that the rest of us are endlessly plagued with (for Deane’s thoughts on this, see here and here), remains an open question.
If anyone is crazy then it is that idiotic group that calls themslves Christians – that anglican so called church – but then again anglicanism has lost the plot completley. How can you love Christ like they claim and completely debase Christ’s mother? Seems it is a den of weirdos and the leader should be booted out. He has already offended many other people with his billboard antics …and then he has the audacity to say people should be more “tolerate” lol If that is the case THEN LET HIM be tolerant to others to happen Christ and his mother and would never offend either of them intentionally. Debasing Chrst’s mother is no different to debasing your own mother.
I am still confused as to why looking at a pregnancy test is debasing…. my mother may well have looked at a pregnancy test… I don’t know. I assume she had some sort of confirmation from some medical test at some time in her pregnancy. I don’t see affirming this as debasing my mother…. so why does it debase Mary?.
On another note – I actually think the artwork is improved now it has been redacted to its present form. It is almost as though Mary is being acknowledged as the mother of all life – which as God’s mother I guess she is. Well technically I guess she is the Grandmother of all life…
I’m not sure that the doctrine of the virgin birth is ludicrous, but that looks like nothing more than a vandalised picture to me. The idea that the animals are coming out of any part of her body sounds bizarre.
ENOUGH of this “arthur skinner being a FUNDAMENTALIST” He is NOT ! he is a devout catholic who is standing up for his convictions. My goodness, the billboard depicts the Mother to God ( the belief of all Catholics The billboard is showing blasphemy and any Christian who is a truly a Christian Sould be angry — YES ANGRY ! Christians turn the other cheek much too much.
Imagine if Islam or Judaism was being attacked on the billboard. You think it would stop at a mere slashing ? NO !! The church responsible for erecting it would have been burnt and most probable physical injuries would have been inflicted on its pastor.
So enough of these erroneous terms when it comes to devout Catholics such as
“fundamentalists” and “reactionary” etc. It is the so called Catholics who do NOTHING about blasphemy that should be criticised and not those who stand up for the Truth.
I am not sure if Peter’s comment was ironic or not…?