Chocolate Jesus display shut down in NY over complaints

So there. The mob has spoken. No doubt Jesus is awfully relieved.

You know, I hate to break it to people, but Jesus was a man - a man who was tortured and brutally executed. When he was up on the cross, he likely had nothing on at all - after all, didn't the soldiers divide up his clothes? Believe me, the Romans had no concern for the dignity or "modesty" of those they were crucifying, and although Jesus might ideally have preferred to cover his privates, I imagine that that was actually the least of his concerns at the time. The point is that he was being mocked, spat on, tortured - treated with absolutely no dignity at all, and yet somehow in the story he manages to retain his dignity through it all.

And although the crucifixion is considered to be a unique event, it is not - which is actually the point. Many people have been treated this way throughout history - many are now. Yet in this story, which ends in the Resurrection, there is the promise that this is not the end of the story for any of these people. Whether or not you believe in the Resurrection, that is the liberating promise at the core of this story - even if they try to degrade us, and they destroy us, that will not be the end. The authorities on Earth do not have the last word.

You know, I think I could actually believe this...I sure would like to!