oh for the love of god.....

heard this song on the radio this morning by savage garden which was like a letter to god in the first person.... so i was a little offended by the words but then again i guess religion is such a strong personal subject, its tough to please any one person...
which is why everyone has to have an opinion on it..and ridicule Him just to prove how non conformist they are....here's a thought...if they are that non conformist after all, why not prove their love for God...and not necessarily the other way around...
i remember reading about this art student, for instance, who had painted some 'objectionable' paintings ... well, when i read that he what he had painted... i was well...upset.... or this piece i read by Woody Allen where he outright ridicules Jesus Christ... i mean i know he's Jewish but hey i didn't really appreciate that piece and it stuck in my head....
there's such a fine line between artistic creativity and well crossing the line, it often blurs...and while im not the sort who would go out onto the street waving a banner because someone tarnished the name of my Lord, it still upsets me.....
that said though, i can appreciate humour...to some extent....like this classic comic strip i have up on my desk by johnny hart....love this guy's sense of humour by the way...it goes like this....

When Mary had a little lamb,
Poor Joseph was shocked and awed,
His only option,
It seemed was adoption,
So he adopted the Lamb of God....

my brother on the other hand was deeply offended....

religion is the opium of the masses.....