Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Oh. Puke.
It would gag a maggotReplicas of the nails used to hang Jesus on the cross have become the red-hot official merchandise linked to Mel Gibson's controversial new movie, "The Passion of the Christ." Pendants made from the pewter, 2 1/2-inch nails - selling for $16.99 ... Hundreds of stores across the country will be selling licensed items tied to the movie, a graphically violent depiction of the last 12 hours of Christ's life, which opens next week on Ash Wednesday. The souvenirs include a book, pins, key chains, coffee mugs and
T-shirts.
[wtf?!?] CafePress, anyone? And some said Pulp Fiction merchandise might be in bad taste . . .
But the most unusual collectibles [sure, "collectables." Like Hummel, donchanoo] are the nails, each of which hangs on a leather cord. Its side bears the inscription "Isaiah 53:5," referring to a Bible verse that begins, "He was pierced for our transgressions . . ."
I can hear the line forming outside the neighborhood tattoo and piercing parlor.
"The cross has become such a benign jewelry item . . . The shock of its original form . . . is lost to modern people," said Charles Houser, publications manager at the American Bible Society's Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship. "Choosing the detail of the spike would be to reinvigorate the image. They're really trying to capture that this was that day's form of execution."
Xians -- the bloodthirsty religion! Oh, Mel . . . We thought we knew ye. *sigh* ThanQ! Enjoy Every Sandwich He may be Canadian, eh, but he's still on Blogsplatt.
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