Bodyworlds 3 opens today in Vancouver. I remember reading about this back in the 90s but missed my opportunity to see the exhibit when it was in Tokyo. I'm looking forward to being able to see it here in Vancouver and was quite surprised to hear that the Catholic church was calling for a boycott on the radio. It's incredible to see what an absolute hypocrisy religion can be sometimes; on one hand they are putting so much pressure on the anti-abortion, avoid birth control because life is precious issue, but at the same time, they cannot even look the human body without extreme prejudice.
Paul Schratz, spokesperson for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver, said the archdiocese cannot endorse the exhibit, Body Worlds 3: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, which opens at Telus World of Science, Sept. 15.
"So far we haven't issued a formal statement on the exhibit," said Schratz. "But according to the Catholic Church the body is sacred and should be treated with respect at all times. We have major concerns that level of respect is not being met."
Hell, the fact that it's educational and from what I've been told, the fetus exhibit alone would be enough to show that life IS precious and not just a lump of flesh; besides, do I really care if it's been endorsed by the church? I think not...
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