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Hippie-Jesus is shocking the Catholic World

The Walloon based TV-company RTL is broadcasting some publicity add to promote their youth channel ‘Plug TV’.

In the movie Jesus is performing some miracles to gain more pleasure in a nightclub.

The bishops say that they can stand some joke about nuns and priests but ‘a Jesus that is imaged as a brainless teenager’ is a bridge too far.

The bishops filled in a complaint at the Jury for Ethnical Publicity to remove the publicity add. The Jury said that the movie is containing a ‘good taste’ and are allowing the TV-spot.

The Hippie-Jesus movie Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujb4OWUel_w&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Estandaard%2Ebe%2FArtikel%2FDetail%2Easpx%3Fartikelid%3DO91HN4FD

http://quad9damage.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/buddy_christ.jpg

Isn't it unusual that whenever someone begins with the expression "I can take a joke" it typically ends with "just not that one"?

Let's see, Jesus likely had long hair and a beard, wore sandals and robes all the time. Preached about peace and people loving one another. Taught people to commune with one another...

I can't see why someone would confuse someone like that with a hippie!

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why would you say he likely had long hair and a beard?

Well, the beard is virtually a given as was the long hair, given the culture of the time.

(Note: Interesting time warp...)

um... I understand that it's a modern day parody of his water to wine party trick. But whats wrong with that? Whats so funny about it? And what are they trying to say?:confused:

Let's see, Jesus likely had long hair and a beard, wore sandals and robes all the time. Preached about peace and people loving one another. Taught people to commune with one another...

I can't see why someone would confuse someone like that with a hippie!

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why would you say he likely had long hair and a beard?

Since the dawn of man...... There have been "saviours" And also since the dawn of man... There has been humour, of course people are going to rip on him... That's life..... People just love to pick at others faith's Sometimes to prove it wrong, sometimes because they are a right 'James Blunt' and have nothing better to be doing with their time.... Either way I think you should "Turn the other cheek" and not wet your panties and cwy..... Life ain't supposed to be easy.

I can't see why someone would confuse someone like that with a hippie!


Nah .... Jesus probably bathed.

why would you say he likely had long hair and a beard?

He was a Jew clothed according to the fashion of those days ?

so?

He probably did have a beard and longish hair based on the Torah decrees not to cut the "corners" of your hair, etc.

However, as no photography was possible and no real description of the man was never given, this is all conjecture.

He might have been a bald Viking with green eyes and 3 testicles for all we know.

He was a Jew clothed according to the fashion of those days ?

so?

so?

That makes long hair and beard quite likely. Jews after all have shaving laws.

That makes long hair and beard quite likely. Jews after all have shaving laws.

in the Talmud it says they should not let their hair grow long doesn't it? Unless you think Jesus had taken a Nazarite vow, but then he wouldn't have been able to drink wine or touch dead people and he did both....so probably, he didn't have long hair since you know it was against the rules.

in the Talmud it says they should not let their hair grow long doesn't it?

You ever see an orthodox jew?

Maybe thé Jesus was wearing a Mickey Mouse suit?

he wouldn't have been able to drink wine or touch dead people and he did both....so probably, he didn't have long hair since you know it was against the rules.

Nothing says he drank wine ... he gave it to others.

He also didn't touch the dead .... he didn't touch Lazarus until he was alive again.

So ... again ... who knows?

Maybe Jesus is a composite character?

You ever see an orthodox jew?

I have.

I hear a lot of "well, Jesus had long hair" and I question and sometimes I get hilarious answers like "I have a postcard with his picture on it"

I posted a pic earlier in the thread that should alleviate all doubt. :D

Nothing says he drank wine ... he gave it to others.

He also didn't touch the dead .... he didn't touch Lazarus until he was alive again.

So ... again ... who knows?

meh.

I was just questioning stuff.

I hear a lot of "well, Jesus had long hair" and I question and sometimes I get hilarious answers like "I have a postcard with his picture on it"

in the Talmud it says they should not let their hair grow long doesn't it? Unless you think Jesus had taken a Nazarite vow, but then he wouldn't have been able to drink wine or touch dead people and he did both....so probably, he didn't have long hair since you know it was against the rules.

The Talmud was Rabbinical laws, Jesus did a lot of stuff that was not in line with the Talmud (Like eating from a field on the sabbath)... Something which was lawful in the testaments, that the Talmud says was not... Christ many times made such distinctions between the two... An example would be how he handled the situation with the adulteress being taken for a stoning, violating the written law.

Well, the beard is virtually a given as was the long hair, given the culture of the time.

(Note: Interesting time warp...)

Since he was a practicing Jew, we can safely say he had long hair and a beard.

Other features are gathered from the model who typically posed for him: Cesare Borgia (http://www.italica.rai.it/rinascimento/iconografia/img/melone01.jpg), who was about as far from a hippy as you can imagine.

in the Talmud it says they should not let their hair grow long doesn't it?

"Just where does the book say that?"

I believe Abraham wouldn't cut his hair, and told other's to do the same.

Other features are gathered from the model who typically posed for him: Cesare Borgia (http://www.italica.rai.it/rinascimento/iconografia/img/melone01.jpg), who was about as far from hippy as you can imagine.

I didn't know there was an actual model. I knew there were various depictions off what Jesus looked like but I thought the artists had just made them up. :D Learn something new everyday.

http://www.thercg.org/articles/djhlh.html

Sorry. Links aren't functioning on my computer. Just give me the passage please.

"Just where does the book say that?"

I believe Abraham wouldn't cut his hair, and told other's to do the same.

http://www.thercg.org/articles/djhlh.html

Well, the beard is virtually a given as was the long hair, given the culture of the time.That would be Egypto-Hellenistic and Roman culture, right?

Hippy Jesus iz in ur niteclub, savin ur soles

Eh, at least this shouldn't be as offensive as a crucifix inside a jar of urine.

Hippie Jesus was a reality a long, long time ago. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Superstar)

Hippie-Jesus is shocking the Catholic World

The Walloon based TV-company RTL is broadcasting some publicity add to promote their youth channel ‘Plug TV’.

In the movie Jesus is performing some miracles to gain more pleasure in a nightclub.

The bishops say that they can stand some joke about nuns and priests but ‘a Jesus that is imaged as a brainless teenager’ is a bridge too far.

The bishops filled in a complaint at the Jury for Ethnical Publicity to remove the publicity add. The Jury said that the movie is containing a ‘good taste’ and are allowing the TV-spot.

The Hippie-Jesus movie Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujb4OWUel_w&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Estandaard%2Ebe%2FArtikel%2FDetail%2Easpx%3Fartikelid%3DO91HN4FD

That Commercial is awesome! :D:D:D:D:D

This Plug TV version of Jesus then drinks whisky at the bar and magically turns two brown haired frumpy women into blonde babes wearing bikini tops and red horns.

The Jesus character then disappears into a huge limousine with the women but his attention is distracted by an advertisement for Plug TV before he is recalled by God who is standing on a cloud, wearing a T shirt with "Number one dad" written on it.
I'm not offended by this, but not only is it blasphemous, it isn't that funny. A problem with irreverent humor is that it so often only gets the first part right.

I'm not offended by this, but not only is it blasphemous, it isn't that funny. A problem with irreverent humor is that it so often only gets the first part right.

The funny part is that God is telling Jesus that there are an infinite number of things that he can do on Earth.

Except watch Plug TV.

That's just way over the line.

Since it's a youth channel, you can imagine the rebel sentiment.

The funny part is that God is telling Jesus that there are an infinite number of things that he can do on Earth.

Except watch Plug TV.

That's just way over the line.

Since it's a youth channel, you can imagine the rebel sentiment.

That makes slightly more sense. However, I am sticking with my original sentiment about irreverent humor: if you're going to risk getting attacked like this, make sure your ad is at least, well, humorous.