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Hilarious Passion of the Christ poster in Japan
Here's a crazy ad that appeared in a subway station in Tokyo for Passion of the Christ.
It appears that some advertising company was asked by a Tokyo distributor to do a special ad for Christmas for the Passion of the Christ DVD. Apparently nobody who was actually Christian got to review the ad before it was posted for thousands of people to see on their way home for Christmas Eve.
Not many Christians in Japan, I guess. I once asked a Japanese friend if he knew what Christmas was about. He said it was to commemorate "Julius Christ's birthday." Link (thanks, Mark Hurst!)
More on Jesus in Japan
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Kevin Kelleher says: "All this discussion of Christianity in Japan reminds me of the town of Herai in Aomori Prefecture, not far from where I once spent a year.
"In a truly bizarre twist on the life of Jesus, the town has two large crosses in a small, out of the way park - one for Jesus, who is supposedly buried there, and one for Isukiri, his brother.
"It turns out, according to local lore, it was Jesus' brother who was crucified so that Jesus could escape and move to Japan, where he lived for many years.
"One reason there aren't many Christians in Japan is that they suffered terrible persecution. Many retreated to this remote corner, where they lived and Japanified their savior. In the process, they kind of stripped out the central idea of the religion, the resurrection.
"A good summary is in this Fortean Times story."
Link (Thanks for the image of Sanders Claus, Rob Carrol!)www.forteantimes.com/article...on.shtml
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Hilarious Passion of the Christ poster in Japan
Here's a crazy ad that appeared in a subway station in Tokyo for Passion of the Christ.
It appears that some advertising company was asked by a Tokyo distributor to do a special ad for Christmas for the Passion of the Christ DVD. Apparently nobody who was actually Christian got to review the ad before it was posted for thousands of people to see on their way home for Christmas Eve.
Not many Christians in Japan, I guess. I once asked a Japanese friend if he knew what Christmas was about. He said it was to commemorate "Julius Christ's birthday." Link (thanks, Mark Hurst!)
More on Jesus in Japan
permalink: www.boingboing.net/2005/07/..._jap.html
Kevin Kelleher says: "All this discussion of Christianity in Japan reminds me of the town of Herai in Aomori Prefecture, not far from where I once spent a year.
"In a truly bizarre twist on the life of Jesus, the town has two large crosses in a small, out of the way park - one for Jesus, who is supposedly buried there, and one for Isukiri, his brother.
"It turns out, according to local lore, it was Jesus' brother who was crucified so that Jesus could escape and move to Japan, where he lived for many years.
"One reason there aren't many Christians in Japan is that they suffered terrible persecution. Many retreated to this remote corner, where they lived and Japanified their savior. In the process, they kind of stripped out the central idea of the religion, the resurrection.
"A good summary is in this Fortean Times story."
Link (Thanks for the image of Sanders Claus, Rob Carrol!)www.forteantimes.com/article...on.shtml
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