{"id":9085,"date":"2014-02-13T02:43:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T02:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=9085"},"modified":"2014-02-13T02:43:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T02:43:18","slug":"spaghetti-monster-monstered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/spaghetti-monster-monstered\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaghetti Monster Monstered"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sphaghetti<\/a>Huffington Post UK:<\/a><\/p>\n

A poster which replaced the image of God from the Sistine Chapel with a picture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been removed after with a row with a London University.<\/p>\n

The South Bank University Atheism society created the graphics for their freshers’ fair stall last week, but returning to the pre-prepared stall on the University campus for the first day of the fair, they allege the posters were removed by union representatives. <\/p>\n

Cloe Ansari, president of the Atheist society, alleges she was told initially that the Michelangelo Sistine chapel ceiling was offensive in itself, because it included a “naked man”. But she claims she was later told, having offered to blur the image, that the issue was that ‘The Creation of Adam’ is a religious painting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pause to consider the absurdity of the fact that Michelangelo\u2019s depiction of Adam could be considered \u201coffensive\u201d. <\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the whole business about religion. <\/p>\n

Ansari claims the stall was removed entirely the following day and says she has lodged an official complaint, though a union representative told HuffPost UK that any such complaint had yet to be seen by officers.<\/p>\n

“This incident is just one of a catalogue of attempts to censor our society,” Ansari said in a statement. “I never expected to face such blatant censorship and fragile sensibilities at university, I thought this would be an institution where I could challenge beliefs and in turn be challenged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good grief, Cloe, where have you been living all these yours? I thought atheists were meant to see the world as it is\u2026.<\/p>\n

In any event, the university has now apologized. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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