DU the "Playboy Sorry for Virgin Mary Cover" poll!

[CTyankee]

http://webmail.aol.com/40627/aol/en-us/Suite.aspx

Here we go with "blaspheming the Virgin Mary" again. The cover evidently has a nude Mary wearing just a veil on her head.

They don't show the cover in the article, of course, and I am not about to go out and find the magazine. But I voted (no to both questions) so I could find out what people think.

Just thought you'd like a little diversion here today...

[DJ13]

1. Heres the cover.......

[frylock]

13. santa maria!

[OswegoAtheist]

15. That's great, but...

...where's the Rabbit's head?

Oswego "Now I see why people stare at smudged window panes and burnt grilled cheese all the time" Atheist

[sandnsea]

2. It's the Mexico issue

And really not necessary to agitate people this way.

[PassingFair]

18. Vile!

[CTyankee]

20. Who is this artist? I cannot for thelife of me figure it out! n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

21. The cover reminded me of "Maria Lactans," too, except

that there's no nursing infant. Playboy would never show breasts used for feeding babies, of course.

The cover photo isn't so bad, it's the intent that's so tacky.

[CTyankee]

23. Name of artist, please? I would love to know who painted these.

Please. I am a serious art historian in my retired life and want to know where I can find this painting...

thank you so much!

[DemBones DemBones]

25. I think Hans Memling did the upper one. Gerard David did the lower one, c. 1490

but Memling did one much like it, to the extent of one had to have copied the other, IMO. I can't find the upper one online, yet, but if it wasn't Memling it was some other Flemish artist, I think.

[CTyankee]

26. Hmm, not Italian...that's interesting.

I have to wonder. It appears to be early Renaisance. Before the Reformation...

OK got it: http://wwar.com/masters/m/memling-hans.html

Sorry to edit late...

[spoony]

3. Very tacky.

Of course a magazine founded by a 900 year old in his pajamas that dates relatively infant twins in some incestuous union of sisters and wrinkles cannot be supposed to be a classy operation.

[dysfunctional press]

24. you don't think that jesus was breast-fed...?

it seems like that's what mary is preparing to do.

(of course- that's mary magdelene in the pic, and jesus is 30 years old at the time)

[fla nocount]

4. Link goes to a sign-in page for AOL. That ain't gonna happen, n/t

[DonEBrook]

19. Try this link

http://news.aol.com/article/playboy-sorry-for-nude-virgin-mary-cover/276596

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. That's the Virgin Mary??

Well, you can't blame God for hittin' that, can you? :evilgrin:

[mikehiggins]

7. Amen to that, dude! n/t

[Mojambo]

6. I would "blaspheme" that every day of the week

Twice on Sunday.

[uppityperson]

8. Link takes me to aol sign in page.

[dems_rightnow]

9. Me, too

Perhaps he'll be back with his username and password for us.

[spanone]

10. now THAT might get me back into church

:woohoo:

[geckosfeet]

11. Personally, I think that version of the virgin Mary is kinda hot.

[originalpckelly]

12. Virgin? HA! I think we all know who Santa's callin' ho.

Parthenogenesis doesn't happen in humans in modern times, why should it be any different for the past? (And not really that long compared to human evolution timescales.)

[balantz]

14. I did her!

:rofl:

[Obamanaut]

16. I had impure thoughts. nt

[Karenina]

17. TACKY! Love the Laura Bush curtain thang...

NOT!

:rofl:

[aikoaiko]

22. I predict that 2 extra printings will sell out after the original printing.

If it were a little more Lady of Guadalupe, they could reprint it indefinitely.

[carlyhippy]

27. ...stands away from this thread, awaiting lightning strike.....

:spank:

hail mary where's yo clothes?!