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kpete

(72,904 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:17 PM Dec 2018

Massachusetts church's nativity scene features infant Jesus in a cage, wise men separated by fence

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‘Peace on Earth?’: Dedham church uses nativity scene to spark conversation about immigration

“Peace on Earth?”

That’s the question displayed above a nativity scene in Dedham that features the baby Jesus inside a black metal cage and the three wise men cut off from Mary and Joseph by a fence-like barrier.

The unconventional holiday arrangement outside of St. Susanna Parish was set up over the weekend to mark the start of Advent Sunday.

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Massachusetts church's nativity scene features infant Jesus in a cage, wise men separated by fence (Original Post) kpete Dec 2018 OP

Top shelf trolling! central scrutinizer Dec 2018 #1

There will be howling at the moon over this! peggysue2 Dec 2018 #2

guts and brains! Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #3

True, that! k8conant Dec 2018 #4

Brilliant malaise Dec 2018 #5

Brilliant matt819 Dec 2018 #6

Roman Catholic. GoCubsGo Dec 2018 #8

. fishwax Dec 2018 #7

When kids see it and ask questions, parents will beg for the priest to explain it instead of them. ancianita Dec 2018 #9

central scrutinizer

(12,655 posts)

1. Top shelf trolling!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:21 PM

Dec 2018

peggysue2

(12,590 posts)

2. There will be howling at the moon over this!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:23 PM

Dec 2018

Personally, I tip my hat to the Church leaders who approved the display (I'm assuming they approved). What better way to remind people that the way refugees are being treated, how children have been locked in cages has nothing remotely to do with the Christmas message.

Baby Jesus in a cage. Bite on that Evangelicals!

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)

3. guts and brains!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:25 PM

Dec 2018

k8conant

(3,038 posts)

4. True, that!

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Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:32 PM

Dec 2018

malaise

(297,923 posts)

5. Brilliant

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:34 PM

Dec 2018

Rec

matt819

(10,749 posts)

6. Brilliant

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:44 PM

Dec 2018

Gotta be UCC?

GoCubsGo

(34,998 posts)

8. Roman Catholic.

Reply to matt819 (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:47 PM

Dec 2018

fishwax

(29,346 posts)

7. .

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Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:45 PM

Dec 2018

ancianita

(43,348 posts)

9. When kids see it and ask questions, parents will beg for the priest to explain it instead of them.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 04:47 PM

Dec 2018

Public community discourse -- inside or outside the church -- will do everyone a lot of good.

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