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The God Vote: 'Sacrilege' at the National Portrait Gallery
Read The Spirited Atheist Susan Jacoby's take on the controversy here.
The God Vote, Week of December 6th, 2010:
Congressman Jim Moran (D-Va.), who sits on the House Appropriations Committee talks with Georgetown's Jacques Berlinerblau on the controversial exhibit which depicts, in part, a crucifix with ants crawling over it.
"Christ's focus on his life was on those who were suffering, those who were impoverished, those who were marginalized," Moran says in the video. "I suspect that if Christ were alive today he would say, 'If you want to find God, minister to those who are suffering and dying from AIDS."
The National Portrait Gallery's Director Martin Sullivan talks with On Faith's Sally Quinn below about 'sacrilege' at the gallery and being "caught by surprise" by the uproar.
Editor's note: Clip may contain graphic images.
Victoria Reis of the Transformers Gallery, which is now housing the Hide/Seek project on why controversial art should be funded:
Editor's note: Clip may contain graphic images.
More On Faith and the gallery controversy:
Evans: Ant-covered Jesus irony: Christian theology embraces the suffering
Islam: Jesus ant uproar and the equal opportunity offenders
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Posted by: JacobCloer | December 10, 2010 11:24 AM
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No real Christian would be offended by this imagery. Only those who are insecure in their faith would be upset by this. Only anti-Christian fundamentalists would try to ban art that would broaden the minds of people of all religions.
Posted by: lfivepoints69yahoocom | December 21, 2010 2:17 AM
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"I suspect that if Christ were alive today he would say, 'If you want to find God, minister to those who are suffering and dying from AIDS." - Jim Moran
Got some news for you congressman, Jesus is alive.