No J-Play

Playboy magazine plans to pull the plug on its Portuguese edition after it ran a photo shoot featuring Jesus Christ among topless models. That's exactly what Jesus would do!

The spread was ostensibly a tribute to Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago’s The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, but the company reacted with outrage. Real outrage

The pictures show a long-haired, glowing Jesus watching two models in a lesbian clinch, standing next to a prostitute and looking over the shoulder of a woman reading a book. A final, heavily tattooed woman, appears to have died in his arms.

Theresa Hennessy, Playboy Enterprises vice president of bullshit spin public relations said, "We did not see or approve the cover and pictorial in the July issue of Playboy Portugal. It is a shocking breach of our standards and we would have not allowed it to be published if we had seen it in advance." Do they not have such a thing as editors? That's one of the worst, lying, nonsensical excuses since Apple's iPhone reception debacle. "We are in the process of terminating our agreement with the Portuguese publisher," they added, looking to absolve themselves of responsibility and blame.

Saramago’s novel is a fictional re-telling of Christ’s life, depicting him as a flawed, human character. Sounds interesting, but I'll take the Cliff Notes version. Or the pictorial. The book generated controversy among the Roman Catholic Church, who accused Saramago of depicting a "substantially anti-religious vision". However, other critics have praised it as a "deeply philosophical, provocative and compelling work". Whatever...let's see some tits!

Make your decision, and also cop a gander at an erotic take on A Clockwork Orange.