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Why Do I Write This Blog???

The easiest (and probably the most honest) answer to that question is: I don't know. It all started in the summer of 2005, when I went to Crawford, Texas ( a.k.a. the home of the prez's ranch, a.k.a. the home of Camp Casey) to support Cindy Sheehan. I wanted the world to know that, contrary to what one could read in the mainstream media, the peace movement was alive and well and large numbers of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. I wanted people to know that thousands of Americans were willing to travel to Texas and tolerate the heat, humidity, and bugs in order to support a grieving mother whose new purpose was to shine a light on the lies that led to the war and to bring home our troops so that no other mother would have to know the pain that she felt.

Over time, this blog has become more of an exploration of who I am, my spirituality, and how life works. I love life's complexities, exploring the shades of gray. I want to, as Rainier Maria Rilke said,

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."

Maybe my blog is just one big question about what is needed in order for people to take the time to love and cherish each other and our earth. Maybe someday, I will "live along some distant day into the answer."

In the meantime, thank you for joining me on my journey. I welcome you to share yours with me

 

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

What About a Buddha Doll or a Joseph Smith Doll?

Jesus, Samson Action Figures Hit Wal-Mart
Dolls Aimed At Christian Families

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart said 425 of its stores will sell Biblical action figures aimed at Christian parents who prefer their children play with Samson, David or Noah rather than with a comic book character or Bratz doll.

Wal-Mart Stores spokeswoman Melissa O'Brien said the world's largest retailer believes there's demand for faith-based toys.

The toy line will be in some Wal-Mart shelves starting in August, mainly in the Midwest and South, but also in California and as far northeast as Pennsylvania.

The toys include a 3-inch figure of Daniel in the lion's den, a 12-inch talking Jesus doll and a 13-inch Samson action figure.

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posted by Carol at 5:39 PM

3 Comments:

Blogger otowi said...

You know, I find the idea of a talking Jesus doll disturbing. Who decides what Jesus looks like and what he says? And it just seems wrong to play with a holy person as a doll - disrespectful. And what for those who think Jesus is God? Should God be a doll? It seems a very slimey can of worms.

11:17 PM  
Blogger Carol said...

I so agree. We don't know how to do sacred in the U.S.

8:05 AM  
Blogger Michael Barrow said...

Idolatry much?!

If they can have a Jesus doll, I want a Dalai Lama doll, a Moses doll, a Muhammad doll and a Gandhi doll.

Hare Krishna anyone? (I'll bet these all would sell really well in Mississippi.... :) NOT!

5:14 PM  

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