For Rev Maximilian Strasser, rector of the cathedral in Linz, Austria, the blasphemous depiction of a naked, birthing "Mother of God" is unique.
He told Nachrichten.at that the sculpture is an "unusual depiction of a decisive moment in life". For Strasser, the depiction "fits well in the cathedral because it spans the arc from birth to death".
"The face and the energy, the effort that goes into birth, this elementary part of life, inspired him to reflect".
If Strasser believes what he says, let him depict his own mother in the same degrading way.
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