Blasphemous Madonna statue in Vienna

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Just a warning for those who are fainthearted when reading about blasphemous material: you might want to skip below to the petition.

From: eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2010/11/condom-madonna-still-being-defended-by.html
The provocative exposition will be defended now as before by the Austrian Freedom Party.
St. Pölten (kath.net) In connection with the “art exhibit” in the National House of Lower Austria, the FPO National Council, Walter Rosenkranz is making a statement to the State Attorney General of St. Polten. An Australian “artist” has put an oversized condom on a Marian statue and has covered it also with mock semen, which has till recently been on display at the Capital.
The report says ‘till recently’ but I received an email from ‘America Needs Fatima’ today with a link to a protest email. So…:confused:
 
The ‘America Needs Fatima’ group sent a link to a ready-made petition at their site to send off to the Governor of the area. I thought one in German might be useful so here’s one below:
Subject Line: Entfernen Sie die blasphemischen Statue der GottesMutter
Message: Lieber Landeshauptmann Dr. Erwin Pröll,
Ich bin schockiert und tief traurig zu wissen dass eine Statue der Gottesmutter verpackt in einem Kondom ist auf dem Display im NÖ Landhaus.
Solch ein schreckliches Blasphemie ist inakzeptabel. Ich protestiere dies mit ganzem Herzen und Seele.
Ich fordere Sie auf unverzüglich entfernen diese schändliche Statue und bitte anbieten Sie eine öffentliche Entschuldigung auf der reinste Mutter Gottes und an alle Katholiken.
Hochachtungsvoll,
[name].
 
That is just so disgusting. What is it with the bigoted anti-Catholicism these days? All well, it would seem that Jesus Himself predicted things like this.
 
This is disgusting. The only thing that makes this act of iconoclasm any worse (assuming that is even possible) is that it’s happening in the traditional stronghold of Christianity Europe. Austria used to (and hopefully still is in many ways) be a great Catholic nation, such a blasphemy would not be tolerated one hundred years ago under the Hapsburgs or even fifty years ago. When such “art” is tolerated insulting Christ and His Blessed Mother Mary, we in the West are asking for chastisement. Otherwise God will have to apologize to Soddom and Gamorah…
 
They wouldnt dare do the same thing to an Islamic figure.
I do agree with you that this would never happen to an Islamic statue (assuming they had any) however I wouldn’t go too hard on the Muslims. When I told my Muslim friends about this they were disgusted and signed the petition.
 
I wouldn’t go too hard on the Muslims. When I told my Muslim friends about this they were disgusted and signed the petition.
Good for them! And thanks for telling them. 🙂

Thank you to everyone for signing and/or praying. It’s a blessing to be among people who continue to fight for reverence for the Blessed Virgin. God bless! 😃
 
I do agree with you that this would never happen to an Islamic statue (assuming they had any) however I wouldn’t go too hard on the Muslims. When I told my Muslim friends about this they were disgusted and signed the petition.
Muslims venerate the Virgin Mary, she’s the only woman in the Qu’ran mentioned by name and the only one to have a Book in it. It’s just natural for them to share the outrage with Catholics against the blasphemy.
 
Muslims venerate the Virgin Mary, she’s the only woman in the Qu’ran mentioned by name and the only one to have a Book in it. It’s just natural for them to share the outrage with Catholics against the blasphemy.
Rich, you bring up an important point. In fact, if you visit the House of the Virgin Mary, in Ephesus, you will find many muslims, alongside Christans, on pilgrimage to the site where Our Lady is said to have spent her last span of time here on earth.

The vast majority of Muslims are decent human beings who share similar sensibilities with most Christians. Of course they are outraged by another heinous desecration of the sacred being permitted by a secularism which is hostile to all monotheistic forms of worship.

I always find it comical when the brash and arrogant" New Atheists" look at Europe and express a certain vile glee at the seeming progress they are making at stamping out God from the world. Are they blind! Certainly they must recognize that the billion or so Muslims would die before relinquishing their faith. They just don’t seem to want to face that million pound gorilla lurking somewhere in the room.

Sometimes I wish that the “New Atheists” would have started their crusade against God by targeting the Muslims instead of the Christians. Somehow, I don’t think they’d be quite so brash in their blasphemy.
 
This is sickening!! I signed the petition, and am forwarding it. This is right down there in the gutter with the crucifix in the pee jar.

Art used to mean promoting what was good in the world, now it seems to be a contest to see who can be the most disgusting. This definitely takes the cake. :mad:
 
Isn’t Austria the place where if you say the Holocaust never happened you get thrown in jail? How do they determine what type of free speech is protected and what kind isn’t?
 
I can’t imagine why the Austrians would allow such an ugly thing to taint their beautiful capital. If anything, I would say this is a testament to the lack of imagination of modern, iconoclastic artists. Thinking of a new way to desecrate something requires no talent.
 
This is sickening!! I signed the petition, and am forwarding it. This is right down there in the gutter with the crucifix in the pee jar.

Art used to mean promoting what was good in the world, now it seems to be a contest to see who can be the most disgusting. This definitely takes the cake. :mad:
You are righteous in your disgust, and what you say regarding art is also, tragically, very much on the money. I might include, a form of subtle art, comedy, as another form of expression which has been almost entirely co-opted by the vulgar and the profane. In America, the faithful are subjected to the most base, and venal disparagement of all that we, people of faith (the vast majority) hold sacred, by a group of self-,described,{ “comedians”} , who hide behind this form of expression, while they spew blasphemies…the likes of which have never before been tolerated in the history of our nation.

Here is a list of so-called comedians ( in truth, atheists, anarchists, and worse) that I have boycotted (my family as well) for egregious blasphemies, too numerous to note: Bill Maher; Jon Stewart; Larry David (remember he urinated on a Catholic icon…as humor!!); Sarah Silverman; Penn and Teller; David Cross; Whoopie Goldberg, and Joy Behar. A good archivist could post numerous examples of their blasphemies, since they occur with regularity.

The new anti-Christian coalition is sophisticated, and they are determined. That they use the cover of artistic license, and freedom of expression, to attack the sacred, the holy and the eternal, should not deter those among us who love Christ, and the profound grace which such belief has afforded our culture, from speaking and acting against what could be best described as a diabolical attack on goodness, truth, beauty, and faith.
 
You are righteous in your disgust, and what you say regarding art is also, tragically, very much on the money. I might include, a form of subtle art, comedy, as another form of expression which has been almost entirely co-opted by the vulgar and the profane. In America, the faithful are subjected to the most base, and venal disparagement of all that we, people of faith (the vast majority) hold sacred, by a group of self-,described,{ “comedians”} , who hide behind this form of expression, while they spew blasphemies…the likes of which have never before been tolerated in the history of our nation.

Here is a list of so-called comedians ( in truth, atheists, anarchists, and worse) that I have boycotted (my family as well) for egregious blasphemies, too numerous to note: Bill Maher; Jon Stewart; Larry David (remember he urinated on a Catholic icon…as humor!!); Sarah Silverman; Penn and Teller; David Cross; Whoopie Goldberg, and Joy Behar. A good archivist could post numerous examples of their blasphemies, since they occur with regularity.

The new anti-Christian coalition is sophisticated, and they are determined. That they use the cover of artistic license, and freedom of expression, to attack the sacred, the holy and the eternal, should not deter those among us who love Christ, and the profound grace which such belief has afforded our culture, from speaking and acting against what could be best described as a diabolical attack on goodness, truth, beauty, and faith.
Thank you, you nailed it right there. I’m sure your list here is only the tip of the iceberg. Don’t even get me started on Joy and Whoopie, LOL! I quit watching their show years ago, and choose not to watch the others. That type of vulgar “comedy” is just not funny to me.

I’m all for preserving our first amendment rights, but you’re right, they abuse the right when they use it to attack sacred beliefs of others. Free speech doesn’t automatically mean license to do anything without responsibility for the consequences.
 
I agree this is sickening. Further proof of the “Blasphemization” and “Devilization” of the Arts and Society. :eek:
 
Just a warning for those who are fainthearted when reading about blasphemous material: you might want to skip below to the petition.

From: eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2010/11/condom-madonna-still-being-defended-by.html

The report says ‘till recently’ but I received an email from ‘America Needs Fatima’ today with a link to a protest email. So…:confused:
Wait, so it was an Australian artist in Austria, or was it an ‘Australian [sic]’ artist in Austria? I’m confused. :confused:

In any case, the FPO: ambiguously racist, and now tacitly anti-Catholic. These people can’t do anything right, huh?
 
I wish that the “New Atheists” would have started their crusade against God by targeting the Muslims instead of the Christians. Somehow, I don’t think they’d be quite so brash in their blasphemy.
They tried.

They are still paying for the attempt.

How long did Rushdie stay in hiding?

No new Mohammed cartoons from Denmark.

What’s that quote Jharek has on his posts?

Muslims have found something worth dying for.

The atheists, one wonders.

Advantage Muslims, I would say.
 
Appauling. Continued evidence of the diabolical presence in our world. Disgusting. But Christ’s love, His Glory, His Birth at Christmas, and His Triumph of the Cross overcomes this nonsense. These people who do the devil’s work need our prayers. They’re instruments of a dark power. Sad stuff. Just keep focused that Jesus has already triumphed over Satan and these folks. It’s a done deal. 👍🙂
 
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