Spot the difference between a relatively-godless religion and a god-heavy one.<\/p>\n

Gurkha chefs won a silver medal in some military cooking competition with a lard Buddha.<\/a> Well, not really much of a news item, but 100 hours of solid and “boring” lard-sculpting must count for something. At least some Gurkha Buddhists can obviously mix comedy, creativity and philosophy in a way that could shame the monotheists. <\/p>\n

Compare and contrast this appealing effort with the hysteria over chocolate Jesus in 2007,<\/a> which sparked a response the BBC, perhaps hyperbolically, described as an “outcry.” (A bit strange, given how much more appealing chocolate is than lard, when measured only by the criterion of edibility.)<\/p>\n

A New York art gallery has decided to cancel an exhibit of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ after protests by a US Catholic group…..
\nWe’re delighted with the outcome,” said Kiera McCaffrey, spokeswoman for the League.
\nMs McCaffrey had called the exhibit “an assault on Christians”. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The chocolate fuss was as nothing compared to the Piss Christ issue<\/a>. Although to be honest, it seems as if the artist was blatantly taking the piss. $15,000 of funding for a plastic crucifix and a cup of urine. (Then again, Damien Hirst can get sums exponentially larger for pieces of “art” that are physically created by his workforce and his work doesn’t even make you laugh. So, good luck to Serrano.) <\/p>\n

That one<\/a> actually made it to the Congressional record. I started counting the rant words (“outrage”, “shock”, “indignity”, and so on) but got distracted by the idea that it was obviously some game of outrage bingo. With congressmen trying to outdo each other in their plundering of an imaginary Rhetorical Rage Dictionary.<\/p>\n

Do I even need to mention the Mohammed cartoons furore? And so on,<\/p>\n

So congratulations, Gurkha chefs, for your charming lardtastic efforts. <\/p>\n

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