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A passion for profit, anyway.
http://www.sharethepassionofthechrist.com/
Dan
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A passion for profit, anyway.
http://www.sharethepassionofthechrist.com/
Dan
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... see my post below to Dan. Apparently the company making these items has been known for making WWJD jewelry for quite some time ![]()
Evie ![]()
Hi, Evie.
It's also odd that if you read the Gospels with an open mind, the correct answer to "what would Jesus do" is very different from the policies generally espoused by those who wear "WWJD" jewelry.
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'open mind'. Kind of like, 'Thank you God that I'm not like that miserable tax collector.'. Who was justified in God's sight Dave?
I guess I see a difference between religious articles and books (the items being sold in the Jewish links you posted) and souvenir trinkets with the name of a film on them.
These are nails that are replicas of those driven through people's bodies. The fun part is that you can wear them around your neck! Get two, kids!
*shudder*
Unmitigated gall. Death profiteering. American capitalism. I'm sure people can't wait for the commemorative bullets just like those that almost assassinated Reagan and Brady. A big seller would be replica gloves stained just like the ones that Jackie Kennedy wore. People are lining up now.
Too sad.
Dan
.... what is that gold t-shaped thingy many Christians (and Madonna) wear around their necks?
... I don't know that I'm comfortable with merchandising this movie, but from what I've heard from those who have seen it, it was a moving experience. That people might want to wear a nail as a symbol that they saw it or whatever is fine by me. It's certainly no different than buying your kid a Darth Vader sabre, only could possibly have more meaning.
From the point of view of the person wearing either, I see little difference between wearing a nail or a cross as a symbol of the crucifixion.
Evie ![]()
The analogy to the Darth Vader saber is what I find distasteful about it.
If it means something real to the person wearing it then who am I to argue, but to me it just seems kinda.....well, you know.
Would you be appalled if they'd released this movie before Christmas and we could buy our kids the Jesus Christ action figure with kung-fu grip (crucifixion set with whip, nails, cross, and fake blood sold separately)?
Maybe the world is getting too commercial.
Dan
... these are being sold as ways people can share their faith. They aren't selling JC action figures so your argument is specious. Yes, I would be offended by that but after an initial thought that this just didn't "seem right", the items offered seem to be well crafted, reasonably priced and tasteful symbols that this movie has brought back into the public conscience. Maybe some will be moved to prolong this newfound awareness of what Jesus did for us all.
...At least they're not selling those 3D pictures of Jesus where the eyes open and close.
of the crucifixion scene from the movie, framed and hanging on a wall, illuminated by a black light might be preferable to a trinket.
I got this image of a young Jewish lad visiting a Christian friend's house and one of those on the wall. He looks up and sees it with the eyes closed and then is playing with his friend maybe some video games. Later he sits across the room and happens to glance up at the picture again and this time Christ's eyes are wide open and staring right at him! I can see how that might be a bit disconcerting, especially when those type pictures first came out, LOL.
Maybe the world isn't "too commercial", you are just too given to flights of fancy.
I didn't see a single item on the site that was not in good taste.
You would surely be upset at the skulls, fingers, hands, feet, kept as revered relics in Churches in Europe as well as the use of death for artistic purposes (bone arrangements and mosaics--commercial as many sites require paid admission to view them).
It is surely fortunate that your constant state of being appalled is so insignificant in the overall scheme of life.
NT
He was in a Catholic HS in NYC and went away on a weekend retreat. Bored silly at night. He's got nothing to read, nothing to do, etc. He's sitting on his bed and, at the height of his boredom, he reaches up and take the crucifix off the wall. He looks at. Turns it over. Written on the back is "Jesus H. Christ Autograph model" as if it were a baseball glove! My brother was, apparently, not the first person to seek salvation from boredom in that cross.
Dan