Comments on: Terence Koh’s Jesus Erection Offends http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Poppy http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-320923 Poppy Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:00:37 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-320923 @<a href="#comment-34968" rel="nofollow">Rick Soloman</a>: i find that extreamly offensive @Rick Soloman:
i find that extreamly offensive

]]> By: ioni http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-36160 ioni Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:55:02 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-36160 Marc, totally agree. (Well, in this case the Muslims may be offended as well, since the Christ is on of the prophets, but no voice was rised insofar, was there?) And this indeed is very controversial Marc, totally agree.

(Well, in this case the Muslims may be offended as well, since the Christ is on of the prophets, but no voice was rised insofar, was there?)

And this indeed is very controversial

]]> By: marc http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-36036 marc Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-36036 Once again Christians are caught using the double standard. They get upset when Jesus is depicted in a way they feel is digraceful, yet when the prophet mohammed is disgraced in political cartoons to the shagrin of muslim faithful, Christians don't seem to empathize. I hope Mr. Koh understands the irony of his work, it raises valid concerns for religious / cultural debate. Once again Christians are caught using the double standard. They get upset when Jesus is depicted in a way they feel is digraceful, yet when the prophet mohammed is disgraced in political cartoons to the shagrin of muslim faithful, Christians don’t seem to empathize. I hope Mr. Koh understands the irony of his work, it raises valid concerns for religious / cultural debate.

]]> By: Larry http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-35114 Larry Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:58:06 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-35114 i think the artist is cute : ) i think the artist is cute : )

]]> By: Jules Francisco http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-35111 Jules Francisco Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:02:24 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-35111 However, Jesus will cum again! Love Always --Jules However, Jesus will cum again!

Love Always

–Jules

]]> By: Jules Francisco http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-35110 Jules Francisco Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:00:45 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-35110 Decay Decay

]]> By: Puddy Katz http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-35027 Puddy Katz Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:34:58 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-35027 let's face it jewish men are hot let’s face it jewish men are hot

]]> By: Doug http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34997 Doug Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34997 Er ... not that your point isn't valid, rjp3, but "Thou shalt not kill" (or "You shall not murder", depending on which translation you go by) is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments#Division_of_the_Commandments" rel="nofollow">not the first commandment</a> -- it's either the fifth or the sixth, again depending on which branch of Judeo-Christianity you follow. Still, according to the Christian Bible, Christ was "a man like us in all things but sin" -- and nowhere in the Bible that I know of are erections defined as sinful in and of themselves. Er … not that your point isn’t valid, rjp3, but “Thou shalt not kill” (or “You shall not murder”, depending on which translation you go by) is not the first commandment — it’s either the fifth or the sixth, again depending on which branch of Judeo-Christianity you follow.

Still, according to the Christian Bible, Christ was “a man like us in all things but sin” — and nowhere in the Bible that I know of are erections defined as sinful in and of themselves.

]]> By: Rick Soloman http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34968 Rick Soloman Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:36:14 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34968 do you think koh used his own dick for reference onto GOD's dick? Halluleah! do you think koh used his own dick for reference onto GOD’s dick?

Halluleah!

]]> By: Phoenix http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34966 Phoenix Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:32:02 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34966 It's only offensive if Jesus isn't hung. He is called the All Mighty after all. It’s only offensive if Jesus isn’t hung. He is called the All Mighty after all.

]]> By: Ethan http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34965 Ethan Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:47:41 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34965 When I Walk The Path of Freedom When We Hold Hands to Find The Truth Joy to the Messiah! Joy to the Messiah! The Gay Artist Journeys towards The Sky! JOY! When I Walk The Path of Freedom

When We Hold Hands to Find The Truth

Joy to the Messiah! Joy to the Messiah!

The Gay Artist Journeys towards

The Sky! JOY!

]]> By: Natheli Leung http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34964 Natheli Leung Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:36:52 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34964 i think the artist koh is revealing a truth and should be revered i think the artist koh is revealing a truth and should be revered

]]> By: Evan http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34958 Evan Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:22:23 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34958 The Catholic Church defines hypocrisy! The aren't worthy of respect. Talk to us when you finally apoligize for your part in the holocaust! The Catholic Church defines hypocrisy!

The aren’t worthy of respect.

Talk to us when you finally apoligize for your part in the holocaust!

]]> By: Dennis Moore http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34957 Dennis Moore Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:16:41 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34957 terence koh is your friend! terence koh is your friend!

]]> By: hells kitchen guy http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34950 hells kitchen guy Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:08:59 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34950 The tumescent Christ was a popular figure in Medieval art. It repreesented his earthly power. A prominent art critic wrote a book about it. The tumescent Christ was a popular figure in Medieval art. It repreesented his earthly power. A prominent art critic wrote a book about it.

]]> By: Michael Liberatore http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34949 Michael Liberatore Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:08:32 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34949 I guess Jesus never got an erection. It must be a sign of piousness--impotence... Of course, that must mean priests never get erections, either. Just ask the altar boys they've molested. Gotta love the Catholics. Still thinking sex is "dirty", nudity is disgusting, gay is an abomination... while they watch porn, go to strip joints, have sex in public bathrooms... Ah, hypocrisy, thy name is Catholicism... I guess Jesus never got an erection. It must be a sign of piousness–impotence… Of course, that must mean priests never get erections, either. Just ask the altar boys they’ve molested. Gotta love the Catholics. Still thinking sex is “dirty”, nudity is disgusting, gay is an abomination… while they watch porn, go to strip joints, have sex in public bathrooms… Ah, hypocrisy, thy name is Catholicism…

]]> By: gay as life http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34945 gay as life Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:56:47 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34945 Jesus was human. Erections are human. The end. Sexuality is not "bad". Get over it Bill. Jesus was human.
Erections are human.
The end.

Sexuality is not “bad”. Get over it Bill.

]]> By: John C http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34941 John C Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:45:34 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34941 Has anyone bothered to look for photos of this work? If you do you'll see that it's a roomful of objects, not merely one provocative piece: http://www.secession.at/art/2005_koh_e.html The work has been on display elsewhere without causing trouble. The story derives from The Daily Mail, a notorious shit-stirring UK tabloid that never has anything good to say about gay people or their lives. I wish sites like Queerty would stop repeating their garbage, it's inflated outrage. And there are plenty of examples of Jesus's penis in the art world, Michelangelo produced a couple, one of which (a drawing) is owned by the UK's Queen Elizabeth. Has anyone bothered to look for photos of this work? If you do you’ll see that it’s a roomful of objects, not merely one provocative piece:

http://www.secession.at/art/2005_koh_e.html

The work has been on display elsewhere without causing trouble. The story derives from The Daily Mail, a notorious shit-stirring UK tabloid that never has anything good to say about gay people or their lives. I wish sites like Queerty would stop repeating their garbage, it’s inflated outrage.

And there are plenty of examples of Jesus’s penis in the art world, Michelangelo produced a couple, one of which (a drawing) is owned by the UK’s Queen Elizabeth.

]]> By: l http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34939 l Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:31:10 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34939 I can see a whole new cult forming: "Taste of my prick, for this is my spunk" Gotta love that Jesus jizz! I can see a whole new cult forming: “Taste of my prick, for this is my spunk” Gotta love that Jesus jizz!

]]> By: Paul Raposo http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34932 Paul Raposo Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:48:35 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34932 Christ was painted nude for centuries, before the church condemend this as sinful and artists began censoring themselves. http://www.amazon.com/review/R2L85W7IMJR07 Christ was painted nude for centuries, before the church condemend this as sinful and artists began censoring themselves.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R2L85W7IMJR07

]]> By: Ash http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34928 Ash Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:39:46 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34928 The idea of so-called "blasphemous" art like this always turns me on a little. The idea of so-called “blasphemous” art like this always turns me on a little.

]]> By: rjp3 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34926 rjp3 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:25:36 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34926 ART DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN APPROVED PURPOSE - except in a Fascist Society. ART DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN APPROVED PURPOSE – except in a Fascist Society.

]]> By: rjp3 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34925 rjp3 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:24:21 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34925 Speaking of shit and piss --- you know people as Jesus took his last breath that little loin cloth ended up full of both. Murder by Capital Punishment is messy and against the first COMMANDMENT - (Mike Huckabee and his wacky fake Christians that only respect SOME lives dont like that commandment so they support breaking it and still act all pious. HA!) Speaking of shit and piss — you know people as Jesus took his last breath that little loin cloth ended up full of both.

Murder by Capital Punishment is messy and against the first COMMANDMENT – (Mike Huckabee and his wacky fake Christians that only respect SOME lives dont like that commandment so they support breaking it and still act all pious. HA!)

]]> By: Jason http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34924 Jason Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:22:45 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34924 Bill, few people scream more about persecution in the public sphere than religious fundamentalists. Bill, few people scream more about persecution in the public sphere than religious fundamentalists.

]]> By: rjp3 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34923 rjp3 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:21:20 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34923 What is the point ... hmm it may make a point about jesus being HUMAN ... if he really was HUMAN then Jesus had sexuality and had at least one raging boner every day of his life. Remember he was crucified at an early age. Just like this artist is being crucified for using art to communicate. The people complaining miss the entire lesson of how people CRUCIFY each other daily. Stirring the pot is one of the MAIN uses of art in a society .... DUH ! What is the point … hmm it may make a point about jesus being HUMAN … if he really was HUMAN then Jesus had sexuality and had at least one raging boner every day of his life. Remember he was crucified at an early age.

Just like this artist is being crucified for using art to communicate.

The people complaining miss the entire lesson of how people CRUCIFY each other daily.

Stirring the pot is one of the MAIN uses of art in a society …. DUH !

]]> By: ee.em.bee http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34917 ee.em.bee Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:52:25 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34917 Possibly, Bill, and I tend to agree that when someone is seemingly intent on provoking Outrage we should be just a tad suspicious of the "artistic purity" of their motives. That said, and without having seen the Work in question, it's always possible that there is a legitimate purpose here: Presumably jesus was at least partially a human male (I haven't brushed up on all my mainstream and fundy theological finepoints recently). As such, it can be assumed that he pissed and shat and farted and conceivably enjoyed the occasional erection as well--all being part of the human experience that god apparently found it necessary to undergo, including death (but again, my theological ignorance is showing). So the artist MAY have been trying to remind viewers of jesus's humanity? I dunno, but it seems possible. Or maybe he was just trying to cause a stir. At least he didn't sculpt it out of poo. Possibly, Bill, and I tend to agree that when someone is seemingly intent on provoking Outrage we should be just a tad suspicious of the “artistic purity” of their motives. That said, and without having seen the Work in question, it’s always possible that there is a legitimate purpose here: Presumably jesus was at least partially a human male (I haven’t brushed up on all my mainstream and fundy theological finepoints recently). As such, it can be assumed that he pissed and shat and farted and conceivably enjoyed the occasional erection as well–all being part of the human experience that god apparently found it necessary to undergo, including death (but again, my theological ignorance is showing). So the artist MAY have been trying to remind viewers of jesus’s humanity? I dunno, but it seems possible. Or maybe he was just trying to cause a stir. At least he didn’t sculpt it out of poo.

]]> By: Bill http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34914 Bill Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:27:11 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/terence-kohs-jesus-erection-offends-20080103/#comment-34914 Another so-called "artist" just looking to stir the pot for his five minutes of fame. What, exactly, is the point of Jesus with an erection other than to get people fired up so queer activists can once again scream that they are being persecuted. Another so-called “artist” just looking to stir the pot for his five minutes of fame. What, exactly, is the point of Jesus with an erection other than to get people fired up so queer activists can once again scream that they are being persecuted.

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