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Kansas City’s Catholic Leaders Object to Traveling Bodies Revealed Display

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Kansas City Star: Kansas City's Catholic Leaders Object to Traveling Bodies Revealed Display

Catholic leaders in the Kansas City area are the latest church officials to take sides on popular museum displays touring the country that feature donated human bodies, MyFOXKC.com reports.

The bodies in Bodies Revealed are plastinated, then cut open to show how things are put together and how they work. The exhibit opens Friday at Kansas City's Union Station, but despite its billing as an educational opportunity, local bishops have ruled it off limits for Catholic school children on field trips, according to MyFOXKC.com.

"The bodies of the dead deserve respect and charity, preserving the God-given dignity of the human person," the church leaders said in a statement. …

So what do you think? Is the exhibit a good idea or not?

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3 responses to “Kansas City’s Catholic Leaders Object to Traveling Bodies Revealed Display”

  1. Dave Ayers Avatar
    Dave Ayers

    I’m with the Roman Catholics on this one. I agree with the rationale given above and would add that the entertainment aspect of the display, as depicted by the imaginative poses of the, what do I call them, cadavers?, makes very light of the dignity of life. The message to children needs to be given more consideration.
    In short, I think the exhibition is deplorable and not in keeping with the Christian lifeview.
    Disclaimer: I have not visited the exhibition.

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  2. Michael W. Kruse Avatar
    Michael W. Kruse

    I’m with you Dave. I have no issue with this for purposes of scientific education. Like you, I haven’t seen the exhibit but descriptions of it seem to me to be on the edge of macabre voyeurism.

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  3. Kansas City DJ Avatar
    Kansas City DJ

    Bad Idea but It’s not hard to realize that their heart is in the right place. Even without knowing them, I am thrilled about the posiblities here. There are reallys everal drawbacks.

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