Well its got to be a chocolate jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate jesus
Keep me satisfied

Tom Waits "Chocolate Jesus"

lol i like the artists atitude cool layed back . i think he gets abit anoyed i wish he had stayed suuper cool as he had a nice voice

"This is morally bankrupt, and my goal is to make him financially bankrupt" What a mindnumbing douche

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

(Matthew 26:26)

The artist's last words sum it up.

Bill Donahue represents the Catholic League, not Catholics, thank God.

The fact that this nutjob is their president should tell you a lot about the organization.

Unfortunately this is not Bill Donohue losing it; this is Bill Donohue on a normal day.

I would love to see a video of the chocolate Jesus eating Donohue. And yes, Tom Waits can heal with a touch. I've seen it. Pray to him. At least he makes good music.

Other evidence of Tom Waits' healing gift may be found right here

ugh... inane concept art... what a thing to bother getting worked up over.

but yeah, that guy's a nutjob

Milk Chocolate?! What the hell was he thinking? If Jesus were made out of Chocolate it would have to be dark.

I love seeing intelligence take on ignorance. It's always so awesome.

I find myself wondering if there would be as much uproar if the chocolate was white.

fun point, Jody. a white chocolate Jesus would also have looked like white-marble/limestone/plaster, more resembling 'acceptable' idols of Jesus.

All I can think of is this old Onion article...have a look.
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Yeesh. No experience with this Donohue guy till now, but wow, what a class act. Quite a representative there.

I would have to agree with Jody, if this was a white chocolate Jesus would he be making such a fuss over it.

"ugh... inane concept art... what a thing to bother getting worked up over."

Two points made, both valid to a point.

Inane concept art : in your opinion. I personally find it to be a very nicely sculpted piece of work. The fact that it's made of chocolate is slightly irrelivant, I mean it isn't, but as has been said, if it were made of any 'normal' sculpting substance (say, marble, wood etc.) then they would be hard pressed to get riled up over it. It's no different than a billion other christ sculptures. Sure it shows his penis, but really, whoop de frigging do.

'What a thing to bother getting worked up over': Absolutely. Who the frig cares, I mean in the larger scheme of things it matters not a jot. This guy and his nutjob followers NEED to get riled up over these things because that's ALL they exist to do, just to get pissed off over stupid things, that's what idiots pay them to do.

It is times like these that I am glad I am not religious. From a non-religious standpoint, issues like this is just laughable.

Tragically, the artist was not able to talk in any depth about his reasons for making this - only having to defend the work against a professional nutjob's misinterpretation. I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that the holiday of Easter, as practiced in the United States, has far more to do with pre-Christian fertility festivals than the resurrection. Easter to most folks here is about brightly colored chicken ova. By making a Christ figure out of the substance traditionally used for chocolate bunnies, Cavallaro has re-claimed Easter for Christ, something that should not offend any REAL Catholic.

well said k8_fan

i get the sense that jesus would be more likely to want to break bread with cavallaro than donahue. although being jesus he would just love them both and pat them on their heads.

i was really hoping for a "sweet little baby jesus" made out of chocolate "but with the holy powers of grown up jesus".

I wish coco-jebuz had bunny ears.

also, goober there getting all upset is as stupid as the Danish Mohammed cartoons mess. Though so far, no death threats.

I wonder if Bill Donahue would like to censor the Bible. Jesus was crucified naked. i.e. Every crucifix of a clothed Jesus is Biblically inaccurate.

John 19:23-24

It does make me wonder if it was the choco-Christ's massive piece of action or the dark milk chocolate that made Donohue so crazy.

I prefer a Jellybean Christ during the sacred season.

Chocky is somewhere in the bible, innit?? Yes here it is! A Lindt between Psalms and Proverbs, knew it was hid somewhere......mmmmmmmmmmm! Praise Cacao!!!

Always nice to observe Christian tolerance and acceptance in action. If you found this video interesting, check out the novel "Chocolate Jesus" by Stephen Jaramillo, ISBN 978-0425163092.

I cannot endorse anything that Stephen Jaramillo does . . .particularly with that dodgy black-label ISBN code.

I do stand behind the work of Tom Waits and dark chocolate, though.

can you change "Catholics" to "Bill Donahue" in the title? Doesn't really represent...

I thought the same thing when viewing the title after watching. From an (having been raised Catholic)atheist's perspective I don't think there is any way this guy represents Catholics even in the general sense. I sense much hate & fear in you, Bill Donahue. No sir, this (you)ass-hat is a cut above and beyond. And so is that Chocolate Jesus! Unintentionally hilarious when Cosimo briefly talks about tasting & feeling Chocolate Jesus' body in your mouth or when he nods and smiles to someone off-camera, "I'm a loser."

FTR Raised Catholic and law school at Catholic University of America. And I agree that Donahue doesn't represent most mainstream American Catholics with a brain. But I am still not losing the alliterative title.

And I wouldn't marginalize Donahue too much. His arguments and views are very much in line with Pope Ratzinger. And, at least at Catholic U., there was a strong revival of what I would call anti-Vatican II people who really took over the scene (and strongly promoted Bush) during the Terri Schiavo issue, the late-term abortion cases, and the stem cells legislation. I do think that mainstream American Catholics are going to have to come to terms with the fact that a very real schism is on the way.

And whenever there is a Mapplethrope, a piss Christ, a dung Mary, or a candy icon, the anti-Vatican II people run past the Left Behind evangelicals to the media outlets to threaten, censor, and whinge.

geez, near the end even the news anchor was astounded by Dumbass-ahue

LOL

The whole thing.

LOL

A better alliteration would have been "Chocolate Christ Causes Crazed Catholics"

Quality alliteration, grog. But then I would have lost the Tom Waits part . . .

Love the 'eating your mother on Mother's Day' bit. Pure comedy.

Enh, I didn't like either of those dudes. The spokesman was a foolish blowhard and the artist should've copped to the fact that he wanted to make something controversial (ie., a crucified Jesus with his junk showing), rather than dance around it.

The artist came off as an intelligent guy, even if he looks like saddam. In the voice of pope benedict "All right Bill that's enough... I'm pretty sure that killing Jesus is pretty un-christian."

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