Sunday, December 14, 2008

Is Anyone Other Than Catholics Outraged By The Nude Virgin Mary Playboy Cover?


There is an outrage over a cover of Playboy that features a model dressed in a white head wrap only. It is said to be meant to evoke the image of the Virgin Mary in the nude.Many Mexican Catholics are upset over what they consider to be a blasphemous photo. I don't get upset over an image that probably isn't accurate anyway. How do we know what Jesus or the Virgin Mary looked like? We don't! There were a whole lot of women dressed like the Virgin Mary because that was the style of dress during biblical times. The stained glass window in the background is the only thing that gives it away.Does anyone,other than Catholics, find this cover to be blasphemous? I don't know, but Playboy apologized for what many found to be a distasteful cover. Here's more from The S.F. Examiner:

"Playboy magazine apologized for a controversial cover featuring a scantily-clad woman resembling the Virgin Mary, Reuters reported.The December edition was published Thursday, just before the Mexican festival honoring Mary known as the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe.Playboy Enterprises Inc., based in Chicago, released a statement Friday explaining that the company did not approve the cover because the Mexican version of the magazine is published by a licensee, according to Reuters."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article here:http://www.examiner.com/r-4474814~Playboy_Virgin_Mary_Cover_Sparks_Outrage_In_Mexico.html

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