Oh! The Outrage! Suddenly the Left is very religious.
Pearls are being clutched all over.
This was part and parcel of the ongoing feud between Pope Leo XIV and President Trump. Is the image tacky? vulgar? Possibly insensitive? yup.
Blasphemy? No at least in the Catholic doctrine.
That last one is a sweet one because that is pretty much every self-righteous Protestant1 talking shit about the “Papists” and their practices. Now that is a group of hateful assholes that see themselves sitting next to God and actually eyeing His Throne.
And I am going to reveal a secret to my non-Catholic readers: We Catholics have wicked and sometimes unholy sense of humor when it comes to God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Church in General. This is why I genuinely laughed at this post:
That is some funny shit even though he probably did not mean it as funny. I have several Catholic jokes that would have me burn at the stake if I were to tell them in any Baptist service, especially Christ in the Cross jokes, but I won’t share here. I will give you one that a friend of mine classified as “safe to tell in front of all the Spanish grandmothers hanging around the church after mass gossiping about the service.”
It is from the Gospel of John and about when they bring to Jesus an adulterous woman:
“Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
Suddenly, from way back in the crowd, a rock flies and hits the woman square in the head. Jesus stares in shock, His eyes look for the one who cast the stone. Surprise fills his eyes when he identifies and recognizes the culprit.
“Oh crap, Mom!2 I didn’t mean you! Stay out of this, please!”
Like I said, wicked.
And to all of those who are still having faux religious fits and vapors:
We call Protestants to almost any Christian sub-section that came after Martin Luther had his hissy fit. It is a simply term of convenience.
In the Catholic doctrine, Mary was born without sin and full of grace.
I am not surprised that those who don't know the definition of "treason" also do not understand the word "blasphemy."
That made my day. Thanks Miguel!