University tears down ‘Flying Spaghetti Monster’ posters for offending Christians

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/11/university-tears-down-flying-spaghetti-monster-posters-for-offending-christians/



University tears down ‘Flying Spaghetti Monster’ posters for offending Christians
By David Edwards
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:51 EST

A university in Britain has been accused of violating the free speech rights of a group of atheists after the school banned satirical posters of the fictional “Flying Spaghetti Monster” because it could offend Christians.

The Independent reported on Tuesday that non-religious students in the South Bank Atheist Society had put up the posters in their stall at London South Bank University’s freshers’ fair last week. The poster depicted Michelangelo’s famous “Creation of Adam” fresco, except the image of God was replaced with the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the fake God of a group who call themselves “pastafarians,” a name coined by atheists protesting the Kansas School Board’s decision to teach intelligent design in 2005.

When members of the South Bank Atheist Society returned to their stall, they were told that the posters had been removed because of “Adam’s genitals.” After the students offered to blur out the offending parts of the image, student union officials admitted that the poster had been banned for being “religiously offensive.”

[bemildred]

1. They like to dish it out, those "Christians", but they get all sensitive when ridiculed. nt

[yeoman6987]

2. Interesting

I guess it works all the way around. Everyone is offended these days. I have to admit that looking at the picture, I don't get the "Adam" depiction. But if we are going to have equality then we must have it 100 percent.

[unhappycamper]

3. How about this pic?

[bemildred]

4. I'm not offended, they can do what they like, I'm just not taking any more crap. nt