“If the goal is to lure young people to take a closer look at Jesus, the Son of God, that is noble… But if so, it is not a good sociological sign: Must we debase Jesus to make him real? It will be interesting to see how the show develops, and how the audience reacts to the Jesus message, however twisted his delivery.â€
- President of the Catholic League Bill Donahue addresses Adult Swim’s new show Black Jesus in an official statement calling the show’s depiction of Jesus a “mixed bag†who has “many redeeming qualities.â€