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It’s not just the PlayStation crown of thorns that has Christians angry this week. There’s also this billboard from Irish bookies Paddy Power, showing Jesus and the Apostles gambling at the Last Supper. “There’s a place for fun and games,” reads the headline. “To abuse this image, which is central to Christian beliefs, in a vulgar advertising campaign is totally and grossly inappropriate, and Paddy Power should apologize to the people,” says one Jesuit priest in Dublin.
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