Anti-religion Jeans a Hit in Sweden
I wonder how this would go over in the U.S.:
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Cheap Monday jeans are a hot commodity among young Swedes thanks to their trendy tight fit and low price, even if a few buyers are turned off by the logo: a skull with a cross turned upside down on its forehead.
Logo designer Bjorn Atldax says he’s not just trying for an antiestablishment vibe.
“It is an active statement against Christianity,” Atldax told The Associated Press. “I’m not a Satanist myself, but I have a great dislike for organized religion.”
The label’s makers say it’s more of a joke, but Atldax insists his graphic designs have a purpose beyond selling denim: to make young people question Christianity, a “force of evil” that he blames for sparking wars throughout history.
In more religious countries, that might raise a furious response, maybe even prompt retailers to drop the brand.
Not in Sweden, a secular country that cherishes its free speech and where churchgoing has been declining for decades.
Who needs organized religion when you have organized state to the extent that Sweden does anyway?
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November 20th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
“Who needs organized religion when you have organized state to the extent that Sweden does anyway?”
what’s that supposed to mean? An organized state and an organized religion doesn’t have anything to d with each other! That was a total illogical statement. And besides how do you mean organized?
Sweden is a free country and everyone has the right to say whatever they want, otherwise this jeans-brand would probably be banned in Sweden or there wouldn’t be any churches, mosques or synagogues because one of those would contradict the state’s opinion.
It’s organized in the way that the medical care is free for all citizens, and if you can’t get a job and an apartment you still get money from the state so you don’t starve and die and that schools can’t teach for example the Christian creation-story or the creationists creation-story as if it is true and by doing that brainwashing the kids.
I am Swedish and I’m glad to have a state who does this for the people fof the country. Now can you tell me what the hell that has to do with organized religion?
November 20th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
And yeah, you’re right. Who needs organized religion?