Friday, February 20, 2004

Swords into Plowshares and Nails into $$$$

Arthur Silber draws our attention to the marketing arm of The Passion. It appears, according to this article from the New York Post, that pewter nails, replicas of the type used in Gibson’s films, among other items, are flying off the shelves at $16.99 a pop.  A replacement of sorts for the WWJD bracelets which were so popular not so long ago.  The first sentence from Arthur’s post.

"I’m not sure Jesus would be altogether happy about this."

I’m not so sure about that statement.  Jesus may consider it a bit gauche, but I think He would consider the sound of ringing cash registers, in the private sector, more in line with individuals being responsible for themselves rather than wards of the state or the church.  Jesus didn’t propound individuals being impoverished, He propounded that those with more voluntarily consider assisting those with less.  Now, whether the dollars being pocketed from the sale of these items will assist others, on a voluntary basis, remains to be seen.

Posted by John Venlet on 02/20 at 04:41 AM
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