OT: Talking Jesus doll deemed not a suitable Christmas Gift for Tots in California.

[Fred]

Their getting the toys for free and they still bitch.. gotta love it!

True. I wonder if they would be so reluctant to getting some allah or buddah dolls for free.

 

[Richard L]

Well we could always send the Jesus dolls to the poor kids in Iraq.



...Rich

 

[Bruce Branch]

Anyone accepting a Christmas gift should be a Christian. Doesn't that mean you believe in Jesus?

 

[TomT]

Not necessarily.

 

[Gavin Allan]

Why is Toys-For-Tots giving Christmas presents to Jewish and Muslim children?



Does anyone else find this absurd?

 

[Thomas Rogers]

TomT is correct...you have non-Christian hypocrits that accept and give Christmas gifts all the time!

 

[CountyMounty]

If I keep reading all these controversial topics I'll never get any reports done, so I didn't read this all. I kind of agree with the Toys of Tots on this one. It would certainly not be well received by some families. Although you make good points that a non Christian family should not really be doing the "Christmas" thing. I do not know a lot about other religions but I suspect many still give gifts, the Holiday is really not much about religion anymore. They do not have any way of knowing who each toy is going to and it would probably be a task to find out. My suggestion would be that the company donate the dolls to locale churches to pass out in Sunday school.

 

[Rich Stern]

I can't help but be reminded of the scene in <i>Full Metal Jacket</I> where Gny Sgt Hartman leads the platoon in singing "Happy Birthday Dear Jesus."



"Today... is Christmas! There will be a magic show at zero-nine-thirty! Chaplain Charlie will tell you about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few marines!"