Controversy In Chocolate?

Mar 30, 2007 AT 08:44 pm

I am putting this post after the jump because it is non-celebrity related and involves religion. If you are interested in sharing your opinion, click on the continue reading link below.

An artist created a chocolate figure representing Jesus. The issue is he was anatomically correct and many people took offense to it. In the end, the exhibit had to be shut down. What do you think about this story? To read it in detail before commenting, click here.

The artwork, fashioned from more than 200 pounds of milk chocolate, presented Christ with his arms outstretched as though nailed to an invisible cross. The Cavallaro creation, in contrast with typical religious portrayals of Christ, did not include a loincloth. Word of the milk chocolate Christ infuriated Catholics, including Egan, who described it as "a sickening display." Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, said it was "one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever."

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15 Comments

Sarah (not verified) said:

I am a liberal thinker, but that is just appalling.

DirtyRottenGossip.com (not verified) said:

I find it utterly offensive. I have always been a white chocolate Jesus follower, and now this just completely wipes the floor with my beliefs.

Pecarrie (not verified) said:

ANY body hanging like that is offensive to the eys... I would NOT want to see my mothers body out of chocolate hung from the ceiling!!! Nor my sister, or ANYBODY!!!!!
Thats looks like a freaking cadaver form the back side-- but a NON PRESERVED cadaver!! Gross!!

CatsMommy (not verified) said:

Sounds like a very odd Easter treat. Which in fact may be the point about how commercial Easter has gotten.

LaTonya (not verified) said:

The front looks soo much better than the back. The back looks like a mummified mummy... *is spooked out*

cathy (not verified) said:

i just cant help thinking bad thoughts.
meaning you eat chocolate right and that is jesus............I am going to hell

audrey (not verified) said:

Are the religious factions upset because Jesus is chocolate? or is it that by making him out of chocolate he is now less pristine? Or is it because he is hanging without a cross? Or is it because the artist put a penis on a man? Personally, I think it is a waste of chocolate. What if there is suddenly a shortage of the stuff and all we are left with is chocolate Jesus!

ANNA (not verified) said:

I AM ROMAN CATHOLIC AND AM NOT OFFENDED BY IT. THE ONES THAT ARE SHOULD NOT GO LOOK AT IT. THIS IS AMERICA, WE SHOULD NOT TELL SOMEONE HOW TO MAKE ART. IF WE TAKE DOWN EVERY PIECE OF ART BECAUSE IT OFFENDS SOMEONE, THEN THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE NOTHING TO LOOK AT IN ART GALLERIES AND MUSEMS!

smartass (not verified) said:

Chris Ofili made Mary out of Elephant dung. At the very least just be happy he used chocolate

Anonymous said:

im sure the artist didnt mean it to be offensive, so why are they so offended?

Anonymous said:

there was once a time when ALL art was religious. in baroque times, artists were employed by people with money to paint for them. a.k.a.-the church!! so artists created what their patrons wanted-religious pieces. people are so caught up in political correctness that they forget to THINK!

Celebrity Whore (not verified) said:

Anybody offended by this needs to spend their time helping the least of us, like Christ told us to do.

dadsurfah (not verified) said:

If someone made a nude statue of the prophet Muhammed, out of anything, it would start World War 3. The stupid ****s who run that exhibit had to mull over their decision until so much pressure was on they HAD to fold. They would NEVER consider an exhibit with a Muslim caricature, oh no no no.

sarah (not verified) said:

muslims dont make paintings or sculptures of religious figures- christians on the other hand have statues, paintings, sculptures etc. of jesus everywhere- so thats why it would be a big deal if it was mohammad- because you dont paint religious figures in islam, its considered really bad- if you look at islamic art its all geometrical and stuff- they didnt paint any figures i think

Karin (not verified) said:

Chocolate Jesus penis, eh? ROFL. Oy. Well, sounds like a Tom Waits song waiting to happen... OH WAIT! It already did. I wonder if they will play that song in the gallery at the same time as the Chocolate Jesus is shown. Silly, silly stuff IMHO. Lots of *great* comments here that made me laugh, though!