They’re all made in China, you know. Some young mom in China works seven days a week and sleeps in the factory making images of the Savior for people like us. Does she know what she’s making? When she’s done with her dreary shift, does she resent the Christ child she made? And what of the holy family when the line changes over to making Bratz dolls a month later?Bang! That hit the target dead-center, Dan. Thanks for the deconstruction!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Hurry! Buy Christian Crap for Christmas!
Dan Edelen does something I've always wanted to do on this blog: he deconstructs the Family Christian Stores catalog. Well, now I don't have to do it, because Dan did a bang-up job. On the subject of Christmas nativity sets (pages 9-12 in the FCS catalog) he writes:
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Bob,
Thanks for the link and the kind words.
I really am haunted by the thought of people working in near indentured servitude making religious stuff for our consumption who have not one iota of knowledge about what they are making. I think we American Christians will be judged for that some day.
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