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In Germany - the roots of protestantism - a protestant youth group has produced a 2006 calendar with twelve photos depicting erotic scenes from the bible, including a bare-breasted Delilah cutting Samson's hair and a nude Eve offering an apple.

"There's a whole range of biblical scriptures simply bursting with eroticism," said Stefan Wiest, the 32-year-old photographer who took the titillating pictures.

Anne Rohmer, 21, poses on a doorstep in garters and stockings as the prostitute Rahab, mentioned in both New and Old Testaments. "We wanted to represent the Bible in a different way and to interest young people," she said.

"Anyway, it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that you are forbidden to show yourself nude."

Bernd Grasser, pastor of the church in Nuremberg where the calendar is being sold, was enthusiastic about the project.

"It's just wonderful when teenagers commit themselves with their hair and their skin to the Bible," he said.

- Well... everyone has a right to interpret the bible anyway they want... it's classified as "art" anyway...

The Controversial Website selling the calendars. Price 15.50 EUROS including delivery.

Scenes they depicted: (As translated by Babelfish)

We were conscious to us that we would whirl up each quantity dust with the project. With the mad interest on the part of the press and of private individuals we forgot two important information: 1. The Kalederformat amounts to 34 cm x 48 cm with spiral connection. 2. Complete proceeds of the calendar go to favour of the evangelichen youth Katzwang. If the complete edition is sold, additionally a well-meaning donation goes to a non-profit mechanism. All editorships those our pictures print now are cordially to a small donation called. The account number stands under ORDERING.

Additionally it is to be mentioned with a radiant emittance of the contributions expressly that none of the shown models is old under 16 years. Young persons under 18 had to catch up the permission of their parents. The pictures in their final condition were provided by all models and/or their educate-entitled without obligation, changed and abgesegnet according to persoehnlichen desires. It consisted to withdraw for each cooperating at each time the possibility of the project without problems.

Kalenderdecklatt 2006

The calendar developed in co-operation of the Evangelist youth Katzwang and Stefan pointed. Idea and background of the concept it was to be interested new humans in the topic church. It is natural a narrow burr if one about Bible act photo to make would like. After some discussions we were to be forced united no well-known scenes of the Bible in a Korsett of the act photo, but Bible places, at that time also naked passed or to be could with the modern averaging of the art umzusetzten. Us numerous collecting mains "old master" did not help in antique representations were zimperlich. From paintings, passes and sculptures we let inspire and and converted the scenes with today's means, Requisiten and window blinds again. The modern style and the theologically supported texts of minister Berger serve for the easement in stories to appear.

Represented places:

Jesu(s) baptizes
Rahab
Simson and Delila
Guide woman
Guide daughters
The steinigung
Sacrificing the Isaak
Dance of the Mirjam
Bath of the Bathseba
Adam and Eva
Dance of the Salome
World court

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Their Press Release Page - translated using babelfish says...

"Bible once differently" Youth arranges calendars to motives from the Bible

How does one come on the idea to arrange so a calendar? It is a medium, which accompanies one year. In addition also an argument with well-known and unknown stories from the Bible is to be addressed lively and Kirchgaenger like also outstanding ones.

The art served already in the past as means to bring Biblical contents to humans close. The youth tried to project different scenes or historical paintings into the present without producing thereby artificially erotische representations.

In addition discussed in the calendar team violently and are enough the conversion and organization. In small groups young people compiled the different motives. The contact to the photographer Stefan pointed, Mediengestalter from grain castle, came off by coincidence. It had a similar idea and was on looks for persons, who support it thereby. Minister Friedhelm Berger from Worzeldorf wrote the texts to the individual motives.

At the same time the calendar pursues the goal of up-improving the cash of the youth. "with shortening the means by the regional church we stand again and again before the problem to finance our youth work!" Peter Rohmer, chairman of the youth committee means. Numerous projects such as coworker advanced training, child and groups of young people, Konfirmandenbetreuung, integrative play evenings, open Treffs want to be financed, because a good work is necessary also in our municipality. Thus for a way was looked for to get something money into the cash.

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