Jesus with erection

[[Image:Jesus with erection.png|thumb|right|165px|Jesus's final moments.]]{{sex}}{{christianity}}
'''Jesus with erection''' is a satirical cartoon, published in the unofficial student newspaper ''The Insurgent'' of the University of [[Oregon]],<!-- Go Ducks! --> which upset a number of [[Christianity|Christian]] [[fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] in 2006.

The image is one of twelve [[iconoclasm|iconoclastic]] images about [[Jesus]] printed by the paper, each depicting important events in the man-God's life, though not necessarily in a traditional fashion. Other images included a drawing of a naked Jesus kissing the [[Devil]].

The cartoonist(s)<!-- at this point I'm unclear if it's one or several artists. I've only found the two images, Resurrection and Jesus with Erection --> from the student paper said they wanted to "[[trolling|start a dialogue]]"<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1622150/posts</ref> and demonstrate that the overreaction of [[Muslim]]s to the controversial [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons|European cartoon of Mohammad]] was not much more different from Christian reactions to perverse images of their own man-God.

==Responses==
Many religious people feel they have a right not to be offended by other people's words, images, actions, or even ideas. This image drew the ire of the Christian community first in the local city of Eugene, Oregon (and specifically the [[Catholic League]]), then with the larger Christian fundamentalist community from around the states.

The backlash against this cartoon is an example of Christians' discomfort with the subject of Christ's [[sexuality]], and fundamentalist attitudes to [[sex]] in general. Although Jesus is believed, in most Christian theology, to have been entirely human as well as entirely divine, the concept that he may have had sexual desires is a [[taboo]] subject, even though sexuality is an important part of being human. While Christians seem comfortable with conventional depictions of the drawn-out, hideous [[torture]] and [[capital punishment|execution]] of their Lord, a drawing of Jesus with an erect [[penis]] tends to cause them particular anguish.

[[World Net Daily]], among others, complained that the University's president did not take their 
petulant whines
 complaints seriously, and '''demanded''' that the president apologize to all Christians worldwide, and chastise the students involved. [[Bill O'Reilly]] demanded that the school stop attacking Christians,<ref>http://mediamatters.org/research/200605250016</ref> who are, in his view, a protected class like 
gays
 (oops, they are not a protected class), blacks, or the elderly ('cause those [[megachurch]]es clearly have no political power, right?). It should be a crime, apparently, to attack Christianity (though we won't bring up O'Reilly's own attacks on [[Islam]]). He also called for the firing of the president, his huge staff of researchers unable to figure out that ''The Insurgent'' was not under the University's control — though the president's comments to O'Reilly and the Catholic League, and a lack of action on his part, indicate he would likely have let the pictures be published anyhow.

Overall, Christians reacted far more moderately than [[extremist]] [[Muslim]]s who feel their [[Muhammad|prophet]], their [[Allah|God]], or the [[Qur'an]] were insulted. There were no street riots, and no killings, as happened in the aftermath of the release of ''[[Innocence of Muslims]]'' and even more nauseatingly in the [[Charlie Hebdo]] massacre of January 2015.

==Irony==
Jesus with an erection is [http://wtfarthistory.com/post/4899542614/resurrection-erection a not uncommon motif] in Renaissance artwork. This is not surprising, given that Renaissance artists dissected corpses to learn anatomy,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/anat/hd_anat.htm|title=Anatomy in the Renaissance}}</ref> which means they would have been familiar with the phenomenon of {{wpl|death erection|death erections|.}}

==See also==
*[[Charlie Hebdo]]
*[[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons]]
*[[Eucharist#Webster Cook and PZ Myers|"Theft" of Eucharist hosts]]
*[[Jerry Springer: The Opera]]

==External links==
*[http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=35898 So shocked was ''World Net Daily''] that they blocked out the offending penis.  Gack, run away.  Run away!!
*[http://imgur.com/P0w7AaW Resurrection], one of the other 12 images included in the issue.
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/03/religion.art 'Blasphermous' erection]  This caused similar reaction in the UK where the European Convention on Human Rights prevented prosecution. <ref>http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/press_releases/165_08/</ref>
*[http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/05/23/oregon Standing Up to Bill O'Reilly]

==References==
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[[Category:Blasphemy (probably)]]
[[Category:Cartoons and comics]]
[[Category:Fundamentalism]]
[[Category:Jesus]]
[[Category:NSFW]]
[[Category:Sexuality]]

Categories: Blasphemy (probably), Cartoons and comics, Fundamentalism, Jesus, NSFW, Sexuality