Catholic Church Shocked by Jesus Ad

Make a mental note that our Superintendent of Schools said that the picture of Jesus in Bridgeport High School was not meant to be religious. He said that it was meant to be "secular". I could not figure out why anyone would ever want a "secular Jesus". Here is one example.

VILNIUS - The Lithuanian Catholic Church has expressed surprise and anger over the casual use of religious symbols in advertisements. Bishops of the church were especially alarmed by an image of Jesus with a DJ’s headpiece in a Kalnapilis-Tauras Group brewery advertisement, currently running in the press and on television. Kaunas archbishop Sigitas Tamkevicius, who leads the Lithuanian Conference of Bishops, addressed brewers: “Most believers are hurt and indignant over the use of the image of the Savior in beer ads.” Kalnapilis-Tauras Group CEO Valdas Tekorius told the Baltic News Service that the image of Jesus was used as part of Lithuania’s ethnic culture rather than as a religious symbol. The company has no plans of withdrawing the ad.

Interestingly, no one is claiming ownership of the picture of Jesus hanging in the corridor of BHS. Not the school board or the principal or anyone else. If it is owned by no one, than anyone might claim it, just as one might make claim to a newspaper blowing down the street. If someone removed it could they be charged with a crime? Who's loss would it be? Here's one more - since this is being defined as a "secular" picture than anyone may deface it without being considered sacrilegious? I'm not suggesting that anyone do anything to it. I just think we ought to examine the boundaries that our local leaders are presenting to us by not saying what the picture is; it is a RELIGIOUS Painting and is not there as part of our culture or for anyother "secular" purpose.