The bearded Jesus doll recites scripture such as "no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again".

Are the Toys of Tots people making a mistake? Or are they respecting other beliefs?

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/11/15/military/19_20_4911_14_06.txt

Why not a Santa doll, or a Teddy bear? What about a fire truck, or an EZ bake oven?

Simple. This is a way for this company to create a buzz about their product, and it's also a way for them to brainwash kids and push their agenda. These religious fanatics will stoop to the lowest level in order to convert people. This is a Bill O'Lielly wet dream in the making.

Good for "Toys for Tot's" for rejecting this attempt at brainwashing kids.

IMHO, it's a fair call.

The way they work more or less does not provide means to connect toys to tots in any way other than basic age and gender.

Without some means for people to be more specific about the kinds of toys wanted, distributing these dolls makes no sense. The problem with that is that it will be abused by somebody...

Also, distributing these dolls through what is essentially a neutral distribution system really is evangalizing on somebody elses dime. That's not ok as it lies outside the scope of the toys for tots program.

There are plenty of places to distribute those dolls. Churches could request them for their charity programs and interested parties could do the same. They would very likely be in a far better position to know who would appreciate the toys too.

Just wait. Somebody will reprogram the little sound chips to play Cartman from South Park sounds, like they did with the Barbie and GI Joe dolls! I can see the lawsuits coming from here!

"There are plenty of places to distribute those dolls."

Yeah, like in a blast furnance so they can help melt down crushed pacers and recycle the steel to make jail doors to install in prisons taxpayers don't want to fund staffing for.

LMAO at Skep...

I'd rather get nothin' if I were a kid!!!

So would I.

Its political correctness run amuk. We offend nobody but a Christian.

Maybe the Jesus doll can convert Barbie? I hear she's falling off the wagon since Ken left her for Elmo.

Barbie has played the field for a long time. She & G.I. Joe were an item awhile back.

I wonder if they fought over that play station video that has been on the news. Do you know about that?

I hear Barbie is working at a McDonald's these days. As well known as she is you'd think she could get a better gig.

Jesus doll, Barbie doll, who cares? They are both just crass marketing ploys. The only difference is the Jesus doll people couldn't sell theirs and had to try and pawn them off on anyone who might take them. It's just attempt at using the church for personal gain gone awry.

The Toys for Tots program caved in and decided to accept the dolls.

And I ripped up my contribution to them, after passing out their address at the "weakly" lunch with other radio folk earlier this week. I thought their initial courage was worth supporting.

But creative folk will be altering the doll's spoken words in no time, and I'd expect videos of Jesus and Ken's vacation in Cabo to hit Utube in short order.

One can only hope...

I'm wondering if Jesus would approve of these. Would he approve of these 'toys' or would he deem them false idols?

Bumping Uglies with Barbie and/or GI Joe...WWJD?



I better dig out the Kotex and duct tape and start making some new double "sleeping" bags for 'em.

Johnnie West is heartbroken.

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That's a bummer!

I've sent them off a letter about this whole mess. They should have stuck to their guns and kept the dolls outta the mix.

Now they are probably forced to take on the additional overhead of finding appropriate places for the dolls. Gotta give credit where credit is due though. There is nothing like being forced to evangelize!

If it were me, I would mail them singly, to the GOP, in boxes with postage due, along with a phonebook full of potential homes for the dolls. Let them and God sort it all out.

...tempted to make that Utube video!

Imagine those dolls with some Mattel favorites and a few extras. Jesus -vs- Bugs bunny, or Cartman -vs- David. Oh the possibilities.

Maybe remake the ten commandments with left over Peeps and a few of those dolls!

You just know it's gonna happen.

Guy in Toys-R-us, asking the sales associate:

“Does Barbie come with Ken?”

Sales associate:

“Barbie fakes it with Ken, she comes with GI Joe”.


Bada Bing!

I stole this from:

http://pandagon.net/2006/11/16/toys-for-tots-will-now-distribute-the-proselytizi ng-jesus-doll/

Man, there is a great discussion going on there! Good stuff like:

"They should take the toys and replace the Jesus-voice with lines from Borat."

"They’ll be sending them to Iraq to help convert all the little children there. Lest we forget, TFT is a US Marine Corps Reserve charity."

“Okay, now this Jesus represents Hadji 1, and this Jesus is Hadji 2. You’ll note Hadji 2 has overwatch and can lay sniper fire on the entire street. Corporal, how would you call for fire in this situation?”

"Boy, I sure wish I could force the Marines to take my useless garbage off my hands and distribute it to needy kids."

"I wonder when the toy Hitler dolls with a pull string, “kill the Jews, Homosexuals, and Niggers” will come out. I’m ashamed of the Marines for it is far more than political correctness, it is flat out indoctrination. People most likely are going to think Bible quoting Jesus dolls are harmless compared to “master of the universe” dolls, but their is a Huge difference between a toy that is promoted as fictional compared to one that is regarded as supernatural fact."

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From the Pandagon site:

Ian wrote:
"Everyone else is joking - I’m going to be serious(ish) Not so long ago an American journo. wrote in a British paper that the rise of fundamentalism and its slide into total lunacy was the fault of America’s mainstream christians for being so afraid of giving offence they turned a blind eye to the craziness.

Isn’t it about time all you sensibe, intelligent Americans started screaming “hey you idiots, just stop doing this shit! Don’t you know how the world mocks our country because of such stupidity?"

Paelle wrote back:

"Ian, if you’d ever had a conversation with a real hardcore fundie, you’d know why that strategy wouldn’t work.

I’ve explained to my coworker a thousand times that I’m not interested in discussing politics or religion with him, but he just won’t stop. Everything in his life revolves around Scripture. If you say it’s a nice day, he’ll relate it to something in the Bible. It’s literally all he ever talks about. ALL. If you ask about his kids, he’ll say he loves Jesus more than his family.

If I yelled at him, all he’d do would be explain that I’m not saved and I’m going to hell and he’s just trying to save me, and I’d still have to listen to it."

Someone else wrote:

"Paell, I know someone whose marriage went downhill after she kissed her husband and told him he would always be “Number One” in her life, and he replied that Jesus was “Number One” in his life."