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WaywardSon 
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Joined: April 23 2006 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 2537 |
 Topic: Offensive avatorPosted: April 27 2006 at 06:37 |
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I am not a Christian but I think the avator with Jesus as a goal keeper and the caption saying "Jesus Saves" is quite offensive.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 09:30 |
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You'll need to give us a clue there RM, before we can make a call on it. Who's avatar?!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 09:35 |
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I've seen that one. Its hilarious...Jesus saves!
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WaywardSon
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Joined: April 23 2006 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 2537 |
Posted: April 27 2006 at 21:30 |
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The avatar for hemispheres if I remember correctly. |
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Atkingani
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 22:10 |
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RM, this avatar makes sense in English and it's not really offensive in that language. If we translate to Portuguese it loses meaning and seems blasphemous.
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WaywardSon
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Joined: April 23 2006 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 2537 |
Posted: April 27 2006 at 22:31 |
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I can understand the intended pun, but I think it could be offensive to some Christains though.
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The Miracle
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Posted: April 27 2006 at 23:20 |
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I love that avvy!
 I see nothing offencive in it, but maybe that's because I'm an atheist and tend to be objective. Christians are over sensitive  |
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20414 |
Posted: April 28 2006 at 03:02 |
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I had a Spanish friend whose names was Jesus and he landed for next to nothing a stock of T-shirts saying "Jesus Loves You", which he gave to all of his possible conquests
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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int_2375
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Posted: April 28 2006 at 03:27 |
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The avatar doesn't say anything against Jesus or any religion associated with him. I think thats the kind of joke that even a Christian would think is funny. Its light hearted in nature, really.
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WaywardSon
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Joined: April 23 2006 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 2537 |
Posted: April 28 2006 at 09:49 |
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Well if you guys think it´s OK, I will rest my case
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mystic fred
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Posted: April 28 2006 at 09:56 |
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i see stronger messages than this posted outside my local churches...proving god does have a sense of humour!
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Raff
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Posted: April 29 2006 at 03:06 |
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We've got lots of jokes of this kind in Italian, and they're not considered blasphemous at all. Blasphemy, IMHO, is something else entirely. It's true, however, that many religious people tend to be easily offended. BTW, in Italian the expression would be practically the same... |
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Ricochet
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Posted: April 29 2006 at 03:53 |
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Ah,it's okay...certainly better than the jesus lol jokes...
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video vertigo
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Joined: September 17 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1930 |
Posted: April 29 2006 at 04:51 |
I'm a christian and feel the exact same way in fact:
I love that avvy!
I see nothing offencive in it, but maybe that's because I'm an Christian and tend to be objective. Christians are over sensitive  |
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: April 29 2006 at 18:56 |
I'm a Catholic, latin and Spanish speaker but honestly find it funny.
Who said religion and sense of humor can't go together if something is not offensive?
But of course if it offends somebody it's a different thing.
Iván Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - April 29 2006 at 19:00 |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: April 30 2006 at 21:22 |
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I really don't see anything wrong with it.
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Tristan Mulders
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Posted: May 07 2006 at 18:09 |
No, there are not, at least not all of them... Some are you taking themselves a bit too serious
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Man Made God
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Joined: March 21 2006 Status: Offline Points: 380 |
Posted: May 09 2006 at 16:36 |
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Well, I'm a christian (allthough not a very active one, and I too am
singing along with Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast on a night out
with friends), but I saw the avatar, and I love it. So, case
closed
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The Miracle wrote: