Church of Iceland removes ads from social networks with a shocking image of Jesus Christ
21 Septembar 2020
Following a backlash from many believers, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland removed ads from social media, allegedly designed to attract children to Sunday schools. As the Christian Post clarifies, in the animated picture that caused a wave of indignation, the Savior was depicted with a beard, a woman's breasts, makeup and a dress, dancing under a rainbow and pointing to the house of prayer. The church has apologized to people who were outraged by the image on the Internet, but the words of apology sound rather strange: “The 2020 National Church Assembly regrets that the image of Jesus in the Sunday School advertisement has hurt people. The goal was to highlight diversity without hurting people or shocking them. ' Приходите в воскресную школу при вашей церкви - гласит текст In addition, as reported by the Iceland Monitor, the same image, albeit not animated, is still seen by people on flyers posted on public transport. For this reason, comments from outraged believers continue to appear on social media. 'Shame on the bishop!' - writes one of the users, while another remarks: 'The church should be ashamed of such a humiliation of Jesus.' At the same time, it seems Iceland's official church representatives do not fully understand that they themselves have created the problem. “We see Jesus who has a chest and a beard. We are trying to accept society as it is. We have a wide variety of people and we need to learn to speak of Jesus as “of all kinds” in this context. It is very important that each person sees himself in Jesus and that we do not stagnate too much. This is the most important message. So it's okay. It is normal for Jesus to have a beard and a chest, ”Petur Georg Markan, a spokesman for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland who is responsible for media communications, told the Iceland Monitor. Gudrun Karls-og Helgudottir, a “clergyman” of the Grafarvogskirkja church, adheres to the same opinion: “Every person interprets something in this picture. Some people interpret the depicted person as a trance, others as a woman. Some see him as Mary with a beard, others see a gender personality. Views inside the church are as varied as elsewhere. ” To what extent the train of thought of these representatives of the Icelandic church correlates with traditional Christian ideas about morality, it is perhaps unnecessary to say.
Church of Iceland removes ads from social networks with a shocking image of Jesus ChristChurch of Iceland removes ads from social networks with a shocking image of Jesus ChristFollowing a backlash from many believers, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland removed ads from social media, allegedly designed to attract children to Sunday schools. As the Christian Post clarifies, in the animated picture that caused a wave of indignation, the Savior was depicted with a beard, a woman's breasts, makeup and a dress, dancing under a rainbow and pointing to the house of prayer. The church has apologized to people who were outraged by the image on the Internet, but the words of apology sound rather strange: “The 2020 National Church Assembly regrets that the image of Jesus in the Sunday School advertisement has hurt people. The goal was to highlight diversity without hurting people or shocking them. ' Приходите в воскресную школу при вашей церкви - гласит текст In addition, as reported by the Iceland Monitor, the same image, albeit not animated, is still seen by people on flyers posted on public transport. For this reason, comments from outraged believers continue to appear on social media. 'Shame on the bishop!' - writes one of the users, while another remarks: 'The church should be ashamed of such a humiliation of Jesus.' At the same time, it seems Iceland's official church representatives do not fully understand that they themselves have created the problem. “We see Jesus who has a chest and a beard. We are trying to accept society as it is. We have a wide variety of people and we need to learn to speak of Jesus as “of all kinds” in this context. It is very important that each person sees himself in Jesus and that we do not stagnate too much. This is the most important message. So it's okay. It is normal for Jesus to have a beard and a chest, ”Petur Georg Markan, a spokesman for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland who is responsible for media communications, told the Iceland Monitor. Gudrun Karls-og Helgudottir, a “clergyman” of the Grafarvogskirkja church, adheres to the same opinion: “Every person interprets something in this picture. Some people interpret the depicted person as a trance, others as a woman. Some see him as Mary with a beard, others see a gender personality. Views inside the church are as varied as elsewhere. ” To what extent the train of thought of these representatives of the Icelandic church correlates with traditional Christian ideas about morality, it is perhaps unnecessary to say.Свеча Иерусалима -sr
Following a backlash from many believers, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland removed ads from social media, allegedly designed to attract children to Sunday schools. As the Christian Post clarifies, in the animated picture that caused a wave of indignation, the Savior was depicted with a beard, a woman's breasts, makeup and a dress, dancing under a rainbow and pointing to the house of prayer. The church has apologized to people who were outraged by the image on the Internet, but the words of apology sound rather strange: “The 2020 National Church Assembly regrets that the image of Jesus in the Sunday School advertisement has hurt people. The goal was to highlight diversity without hurting people or shocking them. ' Приходите в воскресную школу при вашей церкви - гласит текст In addition, as reported by the Iceland Monitor, the same image, albeit not animated, is still seen by people on flyers posted on public transport. For this reason, comments from outraged believers continue to appear on social media. 'Shame on the bishop!' - writes one of the users, while another remarks: 'The church should be ashamed of such a humiliation of Jesus.' At the same time, it seems Iceland's official church representatives do not fully understand that they themselves have created the problem. “We see Jesus who has a chest and a beard. We are trying to accept society as it is. We have a wide variety of people and we need to learn to speak of Jesus as “of all kinds” in this context. It is very important that each person sees himself in Jesus and that we do not stagnate too much. This is the most important message. So it's okay. It is normal for Jesus to have a beard and a chest, ”Petur Georg Markan, a spokesman for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland who is responsible for media communications, told the Iceland Monitor. Gudrun Karls-og Helgudottir, a “clergyman” of the Grafarvogskirkja church, adheres to the same opinion: “Every person interprets something in this picture. Some people interpret the depicted person as a trance, others as a woman. Some see him as Mary with a beard, others see a gender personality. Views inside the church are as varied as elsewhere. ” To what extent the train of thought of these representatives of the Icelandic church correlates with traditional Christian ideas about morality, it is perhaps unnecessary to say.
