Yeah we realize the title is not very imaginative coming on the heels of Everybody Draw Muhammad Day, but wait till you hear all our reasons for why we think you should participate in this particular celebration of free speech and expression.
The Everybody Bake Jesus Day facebook event is being organized as a response to a recent incident involving an assault on our fundamental right to a well-cooked Jesus. Javier Krahe, a musician from Spain, has been charged with blasphemy simply because of a benign and victimless act of self-indulgence committed over 3 decades ago. Krahe made a satirical home video in 1978, in which he oven-baked a properly seasoned statue of Jesus that he pulled off a crucifix. A few frames from this 54 second video were shown on Spanish TV more recently and the Catholic church went all batshit crazy over it. Now Krahe could end up paying a fine of up to 192,000 euros. P.Z. Myers blogged about this on Pharyngula last month. We have decided to make this an official event on facebook along the lines of Everybody Draw Muhammad day.
Event : Everybody Bake Jesus Day
Start Time: Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 12:00am
End Time: Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 12:00am
Location: Everywhere
Support free speech by baking Jesus in your favorite cake, cookie, pie, pastry, whatever. Have a barbecue and bake Jesus shaped pork ribs. If you’re vegan, bake a tofu Jesus. Maybe you’d like to get together with your friend Jesús from next door and do some ‘baking’ together. If you cannot actually bake anything for want of hardware, do something creative. Make a video or design a graphic. Whichever way you choose to participate, join the rest of us on Saturday the third of July, and share your ideas by posting them on facebook.
It is true that the forms of Christianity in practice today are on average less violent and fundamentalist than modern Islam, and this case of Javier Krahe is indeed an aberration in the West. But nevertheless, we think that this case deserves our full attention. Even if we are unable to provide any real support to Javier Krahe, we must at least use this incident to demonstrate to those in the Muslim world that the atheist/freethought community is equally critical of and opposed to attempts by all religious authorities and groups to transgress on the fundamental rights of human beings. The message that we send is peaceful and coordinated defiance of the coercive tactics that religionists resort to when their absurd beliefs are ridiculed. The message is that one act of censorship of ideas will inspire many more acts of free expression of ideas in its place. The message we send to the mullahs and priests of all religious communities is this: If you want to escape the ridicule of the world’s nonbelievers, censoring us or attempting to criminalize free speech is the last thing you want to do.
Here is the original video by Javier Krahe:
The whole Javier Krahe incident is kinda embarrassing. I keep pointing and going “Ha Ha!” to all those American fundies, then something like that happens here in EU.
Sure, we all have to do something about those stupid blasphemy laws.
Haha! My wife already did that. She made a Jesus-on-the-cross figure out of dough for Easter bread and put him in the oven. Her very religious-parents were OK with it too.
Don’t Do It!!
I tried it with my favourite seafood loaves and ended up with FIVE THOUSAND OF THEM!
If it wasn’t for the crowd that showed up I would never have gotten rid of them.
Why stop with just Jesus? I imagine Mohammad would be tasty too.
Why did the Spanish Catholics get all huffy about this? They go to Mass every day to eat Jesus’ body and quaff His blood. Nothing wrong with baking and seasoning him a bit before eating Him, surely?
It appears that the Solid Rock Church in Ohio couldn’t wait for Bake Jesus Day!!
Thank you. Someone bake me a jesus cake, it’s my birthday!! 52nd to be exact.
My wife and I are “don’t give a sh*tists”. It’s like atheism, but without the giving a sh*t part.
A few years ago, my three year-old daughter was at a big dinner and started going on and on about how good the “jesus ice cream” was. I was scared that some evil douchebag in a silk dress and pointy hat told her about jesus and what little girls should do to get free ice cream.
Nothing of the sort! She’d just overheard one of my relatives saying “Jesus! This is good ice cream!”
We’ll be making lots of jesus-stencil sugar cookies for the big day. Maybe some Mohammeds and Buddhas, too! Mmmm. Deities are extra good with frosting and sprinkles!
Run run, as fast as you can.
Ingredients you’ll need to bake a magical man:
http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/christmas/r/gingermen1204.htm
I always skip the ground clover and double (at least) the ginger. It may be bland without icing sugar, but it has a great consistency to work with. My kitchen’s going to smell heavenly, the weekend after Canada Day!
So, we try to offend as many people as we can and hide that under free speech. Wow, that will teach em! Stupid people are stupid no matter what non-religion they serve.
Has anyone considered a Pretzel cross thingy to hang the baked jeesus on? Pretzels are baked, not fried I understand. At least the bakers will be able to see jeesus rise!
cheers for the new new entry.
Here is how you do it:
http://blacktable.com/gillin041202.htm
Bake Jesus Day video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QhAvTNXMuA
Image:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6618/cakehh.jpg
My girlfriend and I made delicious Gingerbread Jesus together. Here’s my report: http://alertareligion.blogspot.com/2010/07/ya-cocinaste-cristo-hoy.html
I couldn’t bake anythnig so I made a cartoon about baking Jesus
http://patches67.deviantart.com/art/Bake-Jesus-Day-169870237?q=&qo=
En CHILE hacemos el mejor pastel de jesus!!
Una cocina tradición conviene promover!
This event just reminds each and everyone of us about Jesus, a really nice event, i should try this too..
Does it always to be pastries, or that need to be baked
Will there be a bake jesus day in 2011 as well? 😀