Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Inflammatory Cartoon Draws Intense Reaction from Reformed Baptists




















A cartoon depicting Puritan author and allegorist John Bunyan as a thelogical terrorist has brought bitter and acrimonious responses from Reformed Baptists around the globe. The image, originally published in the Presbyterian denominational magazine Paedo has been circulated widely and has been decried by religious leaders of all faiths as abhorrent. The editors of Paedo defend the decision to publish the cartoon, citing the cherished freedom of one denomination being able to openly mock another…

Read the whole thing at Purgatorio. Fortunately, no one has yet been killed in the rioting, nor have any Presbyterian churches been torched.