Today’s Jesus and Mo refers to an incident that happened—can it be?—eight years ago. As the author notes in his/her email:
Another old one today. Do you remember the story that led to it?
I swear, if this strip were published today, the author would have to buy a Kevlar vest! (And Mo needs to get some exercise. Riding wingéd horses doesn’t exactly put one in shape.)
On a similar theme there is this one.
I can see that god needs a little humility.
It looks like he has a little “humility”!
Is it wrong that I thought of this song while reading the cartoon?
“I run for the bus, dear
While riding I think of us, dear
I say a little prayer for you
At work I just take time
And all through my coffee break time
I say a little prayer for you”
(Wrong, perhaps, to sully by association an Aretha Franklin song!)
/your daily earworm
The moment I wake up
Before I put on my hijab
I say a little prayer for you…
I’m only familiar with the Dionne Warwick version.
It is never, ever wrong to think of Aretha Franklin.
The bear necessities…
Any resemblance to Michelangelo’s David is purely coincidental
😀
Not to mention hallucinational.
🙂
Is that why a ‘mo’ is short for, well… something short?
That’s where the phrase “my gods bigger than your god” came from.
I think the teddy bear refers to an infant school teacher who had a class teddy called Mohammed, complimenting a so named pupil. It caused a stink with the taliban division of the muslims. I don’t know about Mo’s nudity.
It was Sudan as I recall, so not Taliban. I can’t remember their particular bunch of home grown loonies though I’m sure they’ll have one. Pretty messed up country by most accounts I’ve heard, though not as bad as some.
Maybe this was the same story or a different one and I’m mixing them up because they’re so similar, but didn’t the students themselves vote on the name for the bear?
Yes, they did.
As I recall, she was a bit older…
That’s not Mohammad (Please be on to Him), it’s his body double. The real one, if you can imagine him, which you can’t because that would be creating an idol in your mind, is much more heroic looking.
Yes, I remember the teddy bear incident, deliberately blown out of proportion in order to exhibit the proper “outrage” against both blasphemy and foreign school teachers with Western values. It’s especially ironic when one considers that “Mohammad” is one of the most popular names for Muslims.
The folks who complain about worshiping “idols” always create and slavishly obey the image of God in their own mind. As the cartoonist points out, the real problem isn’t idol vs. non-idol, it’s the nasty little matter of “worship” in the first place. It has no place — should have no place — in a reasonable society or individual.
And yet Jesus never caught on (to my knowledge) as a first name outside of Spanish-speaking nations. The most notable exception of course being Elton John & Bernie Taupin’s Levon, who calls his child Jesus. Because he likes the name.
Outside of the Spanish-speaking world, “Jesus Christ” and any derivatives have long been reserved for special moments, such as someone else in the house using a hot tap when one is in the shower.
It can also be applied, usually with the accompaniment of a firm facepalm, when one encounters a Deepism, Comfortism or similar.
Link to the story that led to it won’t connect.
You are correct.
The event:
A Teacher gets a Teddy bear for the class and asked them to name him.
The kids name him Mohammed.
Don’t body shame Mo. Maybe he has a bland problem. 🙂
Bland = gland
It works without the correction, too.
Yes, I thought that was intentional, LOL!