So there's the fish which represents Christianity and there's a silhouette of a buxom woman which represents... I have no idea. I'll take "what is sexual objectification for 800, Alex." Maybe?
I'll be honest and say that these two images represent such differing perspectives on the world as to be wholly incompatible to me. Perhaps they're being ironic, you might say. Perhaps, but I doubt it. And really let us just assume their sincerity. They love Jesus and hot girlies. Hey I like beautiful women and Jesus too.
And yet, there is something about this particular representation of feminine "beauty" that seems to anonymize that beauty, to make it impersonal, to make it an object. Girl=Hair+Butt+Boobs. Oh, and preferably naked because that silhouette is assuredly naked. And naked is better because then we can make the leap from mere object to sex object - something that exists solely to serve as a means of pleasure. So, the ideal woman represented here, nay the ideal Christian woman, is a woman whose very existence is wholly devoted to the pleasure of another. I have to say that doesn't fit with my understanding of Jesus' mission, which involves upholding the dignity of all persons. All of Jesus' actions served to undermine systems of subjugation and oppression, to break open the false belief that their is a hierarchy of love, rather than the unconditional love God has for every human person.
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