Mmmm...Sacrelicious

WARNING: This post has the potential to offend people. That is not my intention; I simply want to share some of my findings with you. Having had a religious upbringing, I have come across a large supply of religious artwork. Some pieces have elicited spiritual emotions. The following examples have had the opposite effect:

The only 30-some year-old man who can get away with inviting/luring children to his party with treats...

(This piece came from Ryan's preschool lesson book)

"When he went for a layup he was denied three times..."

(Jay spotted this gem at a Catholic school where he was taking school pics while working for Lifetouch)

The following are miniature statues found on a Catholic supply website that are sold to be used as inspirational awards and inspirational decor. I find them to portray Jesus as a mean-spirited child-hater.

Jesus playing "monkey in the middle":


"Jesus- you're trippin!"

Jesus using his height advantage to taunt children with a ball:

Jesus crashing a ballerina photo shoot:

Golf meets the Heimlich Maneuver:

The only way of cheating in baseball that is worse than using steroids...)

And I saw this last one at church in the Young Women's room, where I teach. I realized pretty quickly that it's supposed to portray Jesus with young women as a way of saying that he loves them and is there for them . But my very first thought when I saw it was "Jesus is a pimp!"