The billboard shows Joseph and Mary sharing a bed, looking somewhat sad, both shown semi-nude. The caption reads: "Poor Joseph. God is a hard act to follow."
The billboard was put up by the St. Matthew-in-the-City church. Archdeacon Glynn Cardy said the church meant to challenge a "fundamentalist interpretation of Christ's birth." "What we're trying to do is to get people to think more about what Christmas is all about. Is it about a spiritual male God sending down sperm so a child would be born, or is it about the power of love in our midst as seen in Jesus?"
The St Matthew-in-the-City church is Anglican. Cardy added that the split on love - hate was about 50 / 50. However, one person had threatened to tear down the billboard. They have not, as yet, received a huge number of input on the matter: so far only 20 emails and phone calls.
Perhaps agreeing with the one protester above, the Catholic church joined those against the billboard. They accused the Anglican church of disrespect, as a Catholic church spokesman, Lyndsay Freer, said "It's flying in the face of our 2,000-year-old beliefs."
26 comments:
That picture is indeed tasteless and i can't believe that it's a church that did it.
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They accused the Anglican church of disrespect...this is not good thing.
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Are we supposed to respect the beliefs of the people who live in imaginary worlds?
do that with mohumad and there would be death threats....the people will not be judged by man but God on judgement day..That is so true. I always heard it was Jesus, Joseph and Mary, not just Mary and Joseph.
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The billboard shows Joseph and Mary sharing a bed, looking somewhat sad,
The billboard was put up by the St. Matthew-in-the-City church.
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A billboard showing Joseph and Mary in bed together..
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They accused the Anglican church of disrespect, as a Catholic church spokesman.
The ethical choice is to respect people because they are people, regardless of whether you agree with their beliefs.
The people will not be judged by man but God on judgement day..That is so true. I always heard it was Jesus, Joseph and Mary, not just Mary and Joseph.
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