29 Sep 2012
Christians
all over the world are outraged over a Brazilian magazine publishing a
photograph of a soccer player being crucified in the same was as Christ.
The magazine, Placar, a successful sports magazine, used the
picture to highlight the criticism of a soccer player attached to
Santos soccer club has been receiving. The player in the picture is
identified as Neymar.
The cover of the magazine read “”the Brazilian ace turns scapegoat in a sport where everyone plays dirty”. According to newspaper reports, the magazine cover was inspired by a 1970’s issue of Spanish Magazine Don Balon.
The Brazilian Cardian Raymundo Damasceno called the cover “disgusting” and has added “showing disdain towards people’s feelings”
A statement read: “The Brazilian National Bishops Confederation states that it feels severely outraged with the [photo] montage that is the cover of a sports magazine, where the image of Jesus Christ is seen with the face of a football player.
“We acknowledge freedom of speech as a fundamental principle of our state and [see it as necessary for] democratic co-existence, however, there are known limits for such.
“To ridicules faith and show disdain towards peoples’ religious feelings by using the disrespectful use of the image of Jesus suggests manipulation and use of editorial resources as a means for commercial ends.
“This is a clear lack of respect that offends the most sacred image for Christians and updates, in a hazardous manner, the well-known resource of gaining attention by provocation.”
An online petition which has 8,000 signatures has called for a boycott of the magazine.
The cover of the magazine read “”the Brazilian ace turns scapegoat in a sport where everyone plays dirty”. According to newspaper reports, the magazine cover was inspired by a 1970’s issue of Spanish Magazine Don Balon.
The Brazilian Cardian Raymundo Damasceno called the cover “disgusting” and has added “showing disdain towards people’s feelings”
A statement read: “The Brazilian National Bishops Confederation states that it feels severely outraged with the [photo] montage that is the cover of a sports magazine, where the image of Jesus Christ is seen with the face of a football player.
“We acknowledge freedom of speech as a fundamental principle of our state and [see it as necessary for] democratic co-existence, however, there are known limits for such.
“To ridicules faith and show disdain towards peoples’ religious feelings by using the disrespectful use of the image of Jesus suggests manipulation and use of editorial resources as a means for commercial ends.
“This is a clear lack of respect that offends the most sacred image for Christians and updates, in a hazardous manner, the well-known resource of gaining attention by provocation.”
An online petition which has 8,000 signatures has called for a boycott of the magazine.
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