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> As for "gimp", you're right... Are you the person who says who can and who cannot feel offended? I can assert that pictures of the devil are offensive for C

> As for "gimp", you're right... Are you the person who says who can and who cannot feel offended? I can assert that pictures of the devil are offensive for Christians from Brazil (let's say we're about 150 millions). Unless you meant that only Christians from US should be considered.

cassianoleal 6y ago
As a fellow Brazilian who was not only brought up in a Christian family but have lived most of my life amongst a majority Christian population, I question that since I've never seen anyone being offended by pictures of the devil. Unless you mean that only Christians from your part of Brazil should be considered.
- blastonico 6y ago
  Hmm, that's strange. I was born and raised by a very conservative Catholic family in Piracicaba/SP -> Juazeiro do Norte/CE -> Piracicaba/SP. I used to be a rocker weirdo that was often scolded by the local community due to my shirts. Catechism classes were a disaster, even that devil woman silhouette with a pointing tail was criticized. Anyway, even if my experience is actually an exception and even if those conservative Christian people are minorities, would it be ok to offend them? I mean, I absolutely don't care. But, now that we're revisiting everything to be as political correct as possible, couldn't we change a picture - that is offensive to a minority - to something else?
CharlesW 6y ago
> I can assert that pictures of the devil are offensive for Christians from Brazil… I'd find that surprising. Images of the devil have been a mainstay of Christian art for centuries (e.g. "The Temptation of Christ by the Devil"). The devil is also the mascot of two Brazilian football teams.
- blastonico 6y ago
  > Images of the devil have been a mainstay of Christian art for centuries You're correct, but you don't see those arts in common churches and houses here. In the place that I live, demons are usually represented by a goat because they don't like the two horned guy at all. > devil is also the mascot of two Brazilian football teams That's interesting, maybe it's a newer team. The Brazilian classic mascots are usually either animals or humans.

cassianoleal 6y ago

As a fellow Brazilian who was not only brought up in a Christian family but have lived most of my life amongst a majority Christian population, I question that since I've never seen anyone being offended by pictures of the devil. Unless you mean that only Christians from your part of Brazil should be considered.

blastonico 6y ago
Hmm, that's strange. I was born and raised by a very conservative Catholic family in Piracicaba/SP -> Juazeiro do Norte/CE -> Piracicaba/SP. I used to be a rocker weirdo that was often scolded by the local community due to my shirts. Catechism classes were a disaster, even that devil woman silhouette with a pointing tail was criticized. Anyway, even if my experience is actually an exception and even if those conservative Christian people are minorities, would it be ok to offend them? I mean, I absolutely don't care. But, now that we're revisiting everything to be as political correct as possible, couldn't we change a picture - that is offensive to a minority - to something else?

CharlesW 6y ago

> I can assert that pictures of the devil are offensive for Christians from Brazil… I'd find that surprising. Images of the devil have been a mainstay of Christian art for centuries (e.g. "The Temptation of Christ by the Devil"). The devil is also the mascot of two Brazilian football teams.

blastonico 6y ago
> Images of the devil have been a mainstay of Christian art for centuries You're correct, but you don't see those arts in common churches and houses here. In the place that I live, demons are usually represented by a goat because they don't like the two horned guy at all. > devil is also the mascot of two Brazilian football teams That's interesting, maybe it's a newer team. The Brazilian classic mascots are usually either animals or humans.