Charlie Hebdo’s anti-God cover is unfair, says Vatican paper
Vatican City (AFP) - The Vatican’s newspaper on Tuesday criticised French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo for a front cover portraying God as a gun-wielding terrorist to mark the first anniversary of a terror attack on the publication.
A million copies of the special edition are to hit France’s newsstands on Wednesday with a cover featuring a bearded man representing God with a Kalashnikov slung over his shoulder, accompanied by the text: “One year on: The murderer is still out there.”
See more at: news.yahoo.com/charlie-hebdos-anti-god-cover-unfair-says-vatican-191530971.htmlIn a commentary, the Vatican daily Osservatore Romano said treatment of this kind towards religion “is not new” – and stressed that religious figures have repeatedly condemned violence in the name of God.
In an editorial published in the first issue following the killings, the staff of Charlie Hebdo poked fun at some of the public figures who had joined in shows of public support. The editorial said:
catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=23743What made us laugh the most is that the bells of Notre Dame rang in our honor. We would like to send a message to Pope Francis-- who also was Charlie this week: We will only accept the bells of Notre Dame ringing in our honor when it is Femen who make them ring."
(Femen is the radical feminist group whose members have staged topless demonstrations in several European cathedrals.)
We will all be held responsible for what comes out of our mouth, wither in print or verbal. God Bless, memaw
I still find that unsettling and disturbing. People were not punched they were killed in cold blood. It’s not normal to go on a shooting rampage.“If a good friend speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched, and that’s normal. You cannot provoke, you cannot insult other people’s faith, you cannot mock it.”
Having eight of your friends and colleagues shot dead would do it, I should think.The people at that magazine are beyond contempt. I’ve often wondered what makes one so bitter and angry towards other’s personal beliefs?
Words like this come across as them hating Christianity more than they love their friends. It’s so infantile. But God permits them. Chesterton once said that God is too liberal for liberals-they can’t fathom a God who would let them say no to Him.
How could ANYTHING be worse than that? !!! God Bless, MemawThey have printed far worse than that attacking the Holy Trinity.
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Their vileness happened well before their colleagues were shot, so that could hardly be considered causation.Having eight of your friends and colleagues shot dead would do it, I should think…
But we are discussing this cover, which does seem to be prompted by the anniversary of the shooting.Their vileness happened well before their colleagues were shot, so that could hardly be considered causation.
Yes, this cover…which is prompted by the 1 year anniversary of a shooting that happened because of past vile material produced by this mob. You can’t quantify the issue, it’s all related to their rubbish the print.But we are discussing this cover, which does seem to be prompted by the anniversary of the shooting.
For a magazine that is known for tasteless ‘humour’, the French equivalent of MAD magazine, or arguably worse, this was fairly tame.
Sorry I wasn’t so clear, there are pictures worse but of the Trinity doing things to each other.How could ANYTHING be worse than that? !!! God Bless, Memaw