The red staters seem obsessed with two things: Jesus and genitals. To them, I dedicate these words from the Gospel of Matthew (Chapter 19):"For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it."And in that spirit, and in the spirit of Christmas, I recommend this important Slate story about the foreskin of Jesus, known as the Holy Foreskin of Calcata.
But...what's this? How can such a thing BE? In the Caravaggio reproduced here, we see JC and Mom stomping on a very phallic serpent. And as for the foreskin of Jesus -- well, looks to me like he's still using it.
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I hate to be non-snarky about this, but since Jesus was born a Jew, he would have been circumcised. On the other hand, in the Italian Renaissance, this was not a procedure that Christians underwent. So the ignorance belongs to Caravaggio, I would assume.
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