Musings of a Young Pastor

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Yahoo! News: "'Beckham Nativity' Tableau Outrages Churches"

Maybe I'm just perverse, but I don't really see anything horribly offensive about this, and actually find it both fascinating and kind of funny. =)

Reality check: This isn't going to affect anyone's faith in any way at all. OK, so there's a wax tableau of the nativity with Posh and Becks starring as Mary and Joseph. So what? Is anyone going to stumble over this and lose faith? Hardly. Is anyone going to come to faith on account of this? Doubtful. Is it in good taste? That's up to each individual to decide, but to hear the reactions of church people on the other side of the pond, you'd think that Madame Tussaud's had committed an unthinkable moral transgression.

The best thing for religious folk to do is either learn to laugh or at least not to stress over such minor issues. Especially since none of the modern personalities in the tableau is portraying the only character who matters - Jesus, as far as I can tell, is still a tiny newborn baby in a manger.

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