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Outrage! Christians Protest Sale of Ice Cream Brand Called “Sweet Jesus”, Say It Is Blasphemy

 

Thousands of Christians are currently protesting against an ice cream brand which the owners called ‘sweet Jesus’. The Christians are describing the Brad as blasphemy and direct attack on God. They are calling for massive boycott of the Ice cream produced by a Canadian company.

Sweet JesusThis promotional image shows a girl holding a Krusty the Kone from Sweet Jesus.

 

The Toronto-based ice cream chain is facing backlash from conservative Christians over the name “Sweet Jesus,” which some say is blasphemous.

A petition demanding that the three-year-old chain change its name has racked up more than 9,700 signatures on the website CitizenGO Canada. The petition was launched on March 8 by an individual in Woodstock, Ont.

“Your blasphemy of Jesus is unacceptable,” the petition says. “Choosing the name of our Lord for a brand of soft-serve ice cream is totally offensive and revolting.”

The petition points out that Sweet Jesus puts a twist on religious phrases and iconography with its menu and promotional materials. The menu includes such flavours as Red Rapture and Hella Nutella, while Instagram posts include text such as “Oh Sweet Jesus that looks delicious.”

The petition promises to boycott Sweet Jesus until its founders, Andrew Richmond and Amin Todai, change the chain’s name and apologize for their “blasphemy.”

“We want them to consider how they have attacked the Christian community, and how they have attacked God,” the petition says.

The petition also incorrectly claims that the stylized “S” in the chain’s name “mimics the Nazi symbol for Hitler’s paramilitary organization, the ‘SS.’” The “S” actually resembles a lightning bolt, and is pointed at the ends – not squared like the “SS” logo.

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similar petition on Change.org has more than 1,000 signatures. That petition claims that Sweet Jesus uses “anti-Christ” imagery in its promotional materials.

CTVNews.ca has reached out to Richmond for comment.

A message on the Sweet Jesus website says it was named for “the popular phrase that people use as an expression of enjoyment, surprise our disbelief.

“Our aim is not to offer commentary on anyone’s religion or belief systems,” it says. “Our organization is made up of amazing people that represent a wide range of cultural and religious beliefs.”

Richmond is the CEO of Monarch & Misfits, a Toronto-based restaurant group that owns Sweet Jesus, La Carnita, Home of the Brave and Good Fortune.

Sweet Jesus boasts nine operational locations in Canada, 10 more shops expected to open or re-open in the near future and one location in Baltimore, Maryland. Most of the Canadian locations are in Toronto and the surrounding area, although Sweet Jesus has plans to open two locations in Edmonton sometime soon.

Some of its locations – although not all – are closed on Easter weekend.

The ice cream chain’s Instagram and Facebook pages have been filled with comments urging it to change its name.

Those defending Sweet Jesus suggest its Christian critics are hypocritical for attacking a fast-food name, while the community has stayed largely silent on allegations that U.S. President Donald Trump had affairs with adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal. Trump continues to enjoy strong support from his Christian base.

The chain previously captured attention in the summer of 2016, when Kim Kardashian stopped in to buy a cup of ice cream on a shopping trip in Toronto.

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2 comments

  1. That’s hypocrisy. Some people are just not comfortable hearing that name “Jesus” and in a guise of blackmail, calling for a Change.
    I personally don’t see anything wrong with it,as long as the motive is not negative nor intended for mockery. As long as the product is good, has a high standard/quality and it is not morrally/socially/scripturally offensive (Just like naming a cigarette or an alcohol company Sweet Jesus),I don’t see anything wrong with it.
    Rather, it a way of propagating or pushing that Name Jesus to the forefront so that those who have not heard about him will hear about him.
    I once heard of a lady who named her company J33 and whenever asked the meaning of the name especially in a media interview will let you know that it means John 3:3, which is,except a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
    That’s the wisdom, it offers her the opportunity to preach the gospel while explaining the motive for giving her company such a name!

  2. This same hypocrisy is the reason some people call for cancellation of Christmas. Alleging that is Idolatry.
    The most important thing is that some unchristian people across the globe who do not understand the season ask questions and thereby they are made to understand that Christmas means the birth of a saviour,who came to redeem man from sins and through that way, the gospel is preached.
    The truth is that even all the days of week has idolatry attached to it.
    For instance,Monday is “Moon day”, while Sunday is ” Sun day”. The day the god of the sun was worshiped. Thus, it is what you make out a thing that matters.
    Today, we all are worship Sundays and nobody is protesting.
    The early christians never worship on Sundays but on Fridays which is the Sabbath day, what happened? Someone changed it and no one is protesting about it today because many do not know that history. Let us stop bothering our heads sometimes on somethings that does not matter, leaving the most important which is knowing Jesus, serving Him in truth and in spirit.

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