German churches find ‘chocolate Jesus’ tasteless

December 4th, 2008

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s churches criticized a businessman on Tuesday for selling thousands of Jesus chocolates.

Frank Oynhausen set up his “Sweet Lord” chocolate Jesus-making business saying he wanted to restore some traditional religious values to Christmas in Germany.

But the German Protestant Church criticized the idea as “tasteless” and the Roman Catholic Church was not amused.

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I guess I watch The Simpsons too much because after I read the title to the article the first thought in my mind was Homer drooling saying, “Mmmmmmm, chocolate Jesus . . . “

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