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Lebell · 04-20-2003, 12:08 PM

These guys are actually starting to be amusing to me, in the same way Baghdad Bob (RIP) was.

BTW, the pic isn't the billboard, but from PETA's site http://www.jesusveg.com.
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Clergy: Veggie Jesus Ad Is Sacrilegious

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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Christian and Jewish clergy say a billboard that promotes vegetarianism by claiming "Jesus was the prince of peas" is historically inaccurate and sacrilegious.

The billboard includes a picture of Jesus with an orange slice in place of a halo and was erected by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, to coincide with Passover and Easter.

PETA's Bruce Friedrich said the campaign is meant to provoke the thought that if people are eating meat, they are promoting cruelty to animals.

"The way that animals are treated on factory farms and slaughterhouses is egregiously cruel and mocks God," Friedrich said.

But Rabbi David Ostrich of Temple Beth-el, said historical evidence indicates that Jesus, like other Jews of the time, was a meat eater. He said a ritual part of the Passover meal was a lamb slaughtered in the Temple in Jerusalem.

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Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	PETA == The Iraqi Information Minister? These guys are actually starting to be amusing to me, in the same way Baghdad Bob (RIP) was. BTW, the pic isn't the billboard, but from PETA's site http://www.jesusveg.com. --------------------------------------------------- LINK Clergy: Veggie Jesus Ad Is Sacrilegious Thu Apr 17, 9:21 PM ET Add AP - Feature Stories to My Yahoo! PENSACOLA, Fla. - Christian and Jewish clergy say a billboard that promotes vegetarianism by claiming "Jesus was the prince of peas" is historically inaccurate and sacrilegious. The billboard includes a picture of Jesus with an orange slice in place of a halo and was erected by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, to coincide with Passover and Easter. PETA's Bruce Friedrich said the campaign is meant to provoke the thought that if people are eating meat, they are promoting cruelty to animals. "The way that animals are treated on factory farms and slaughterhouses is egregiously cruel and mocks God," Friedrich said. But Rabbi David Ostrich of Temple Beth-el, said historical evidence indicates that Jesus, like other Jews of the time, was a meat eater. He said a ritual part of the Passover meal was a lamb slaughtered in the Temple in Jerusalem. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!