foot tall talking jesus doll - also moses and mary - & mary videos!

[donsu]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/12/news/midcaps/jesus_dolls/index.htm?cnn=yes#fark



" The company expects to sell about 50,000 of the Biblical dolls by the end of the year, with the Jesus doll -- not surprisingly -- expected to be the top seller. It hopes to also bring out an Esther doll by the end of the year and hopes to have other Biblical character dolls introduced in future years. "
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He said that the idea for the religious dolls has been a long-time desire of David Socha, who is the other founder of the teddy bear company. The company has hired a marketing firm with expertise reaching out to churches and church schools to generate sales, Livingston said.

"In the beginning we don't feel it'd be right to put it in Toys R Us and be next to a Barbie or a Bratz," he said.

(which is why they are selling on the internet)

-snip-

The dolls will cost $24.99, although Livingston said there will be discounts for churches as well as free shipping for those who buy three or more of the dolls. They will have hand-sewn period clothing, with Jesus wearing sandals and veils for the Virgin Mary. They will also have movable limbs and hands that can grip objects.
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there is an advertisers side box with this:


Virgin Mary at Shopping.com
New Virgin Mary Videos and DVDs
Church Approved Virgin Mary's Prophecy
Visions of the Virgin Mary-$8.99

wow! the god business really pays off

on edit: "hand-sewn" period clothing? 50,000? how many women sewers will it take?

[RPM]

1. something about golden calves...

is this made by Mooby?

(edited for spelling)

[mattclearing]

2. Gotta love the Mooby reference.

Snoogans.

[TahitiNut]

3. How much for a matching Crucifixion Kit?

:eyes:

[Devlzown]

15. I see David...

where's Jonathan?:smoke:

[jmowreader]

17. Uh-oh

I went to http://www.one2believe.com and clicked on the image.

The Jesus doll sounds very much like Jesus does in South Park.

Now this would be fun: Remember a few years ago when some people were buying Talking GI Joe and Talking Barbie dolls, swapping the voice modules then returning them? And the little boys who got the GI Joe dolls became peace-loving and sharing but, unfortunately, addicted to shopping.

This is how this scheme's gonna work: I know some of you fine evilDUers out there are good computer geeks. What I want to do is to go to a Bible store, buy a whole box of God Squad dolls, and reprogram the voice modules with passages from James 2--the "faith without works is dead" chapter of the Bible--before returning the dolls.

How many fundies' kids can we destroy with the knowledge that "faith without works is dead"?

[meegbear]

4. hands that can grip objects!

Action Jesus with the Kung-Fu grip!

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Bring me one ten foot tall and bullet proof

then I will be impressed.

[Tux]

9. LOL

What if they had a Jesus one in the suit from Greatest American Hero. They could get secular geeks to buy them.

Duers do understand that secular means non-religious and most of our society is non-religious right?

[Horse with no Name]

6. Now all they need is a George Bush doll and a couple of GI Joes

and the kids can have a heckuva playtime.
Pondering if Jesus would smite the George Bush doll?

[kliljedahl]

7. I'll wait for Jezebel & Salome, thank you

And maybe a Succubus or two



http://www.kliljedahl.net

[earthboundmisfit]

16. Could we dare to hope they're anatomically correct?

Nah-h-h.

[Cleita]

30. Hey, how about that Lilith?

I heard Adam couldn't keep his woman under control. She was Lilith, his first wife, so God sent her packing and gave him Eve instead.

[kliljedahl]

32. Forgot about her

Hear she was a "hottie".


http://www.kliljedahl.net

[noonwitch]

8. Too bad they're so expensive, they'd make great gag gifts

I thought that the little figurines of Jesus playing sports with the kids was tacky-although I did like the hockey one.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

10. Dibs on the Salome doll

Hope she comes with all the accessories.

But really, I won't be happy till I get a Jesus blow-up doll. Verily, heal me! Heal me again and again!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

11. I'm holding out for ......

.......... the Pedophile Priest series. Authentic, right down to the plane ticket to the next parish, the drool on the Roman collar, and, since this is a limited edition, numbered from1 to 5,000.

[Ganja Ninja]

12. What else! A blue eyed Jesus!

and he looks like he's been working out too. It looks like someone took a Rambo doll and put a Jesus head on it, or maybe that's a Mel Gibson head.

[NYCGirl]

13. I prefer the Jesus Bobblehead Doll...

http://www.fadtoys.com/bobbleheads/jesus-bobble-head.shtml



And the new FOOTBALL JESUS bobblehead!

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/bobbleheadworldstore/footjesbobhe.html

[earthboundmisfit]

14. Wow - funny how they're all CAUCASIAN

Every single one of them is LILY-WHITE! Why am I not surprised...

[oneighty]

19. Middle Easterners

Are Caucasian last time I checked.

180

[Solon]

23. Actually if you want to split hairs....

Middle Easterners are Semitic: Arabs, Jews, and Palenstinians. Iranians are Aryan, and to further confuse you, Indians are Caucasian, though I hear that that word is falling out of use, more accurate would be using language groupings, Indo-European to be a little more accurate. I doubt Jesus looks like a Nordic God, hell, you could poke out an eye on that doll and call him Odin(Woden).

[oneighty]

26. I do not wish to split hairs

We are talking Caucasian. One of the long accepted three races of man.

180

[Solon]

27. I would agree that it is a wrong choice of words...

However, I think that particular perception is being challenged recently with DNA and Language patterns in the migrations of peoples on the planet. To be honest, it doesn't really matter, because regardless of what you call his race, he doesn't look even close to what most people represent him as. He was a typical 1st century Jew and as such I doubt his skin was much lighter than mid range brown, think "swarthy". Dark hair, brown eyes, etc.

[oneighty]

31. I have no argument with you Solon

I am responding to a previous post. I trust you noticed that. You do not miss much.

I recall reading a book long ago "The Five Races of Man". Plenty of hair splitting there!

I will watch read and learn.

180

[earthboundmisfit]

33. True. I should've said: "Wow - funny how they're all so LILY-WHITE"

'Cuz that's what I meant. Point taken, and my thanks. Didn't mean to open a can o' worms, kids.

[Solon]

34. I agree with you there...

Never did get into all that categorization of the Human Race to begin with, granted there are varieties, but they are not nearly so neat and tidy as many supposed scholars want them to be. People have been moving and mixing for thousands of years, and it isn't going to stop anytime soon. We have continuums of general traits, with large varieties within those groups, probably the best way to historically track human migration would be through language and genetic markers.

[Solly Mack]

18. kids play out roles with dolls

Like they do with Barbie and Ken dolls... Like they do with GI Joe..like they do with "baby" dolls...and rag dolls too

(though there are some dolls I would never buy a child... for my own reasons)

Use them as conflict resolution tools

Just wait until some parent catches the Jesus doll in a compromising position with Barbie...lololololol (talk about conflict resolution)....ahem...

And don't tell me children don't push their dolls together and make smooching sounds...

dolls are used for role play and conflict resolution by children...they act out the roles they see around them and re-enact conflicts they've seen or feel inside... to learn how to resolve things...it makes them feel better about themselves if they can replay an event that didn't go as they wanted it to...but does go that way in their world of make believe...

don't mind me...just thinking out loud, as it were...

and wondering why I don't get into the god business...damn there's money to made...

[TalkingDog]

20. Dag! Jeebus is sort of a Hottie!! He's looking pretty buff there. n/t

[Bunny]

21. What the hell is Moses doing with blue hair and a blue beard?

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

25. Blue-eyed Jesus looks like he's from Oslo.

:shrug:

[Cleita]

28. The Vikings once called him Balder.

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/balder.html

He too is supposed to be resurrected in the future.

[tishaLA]

22. I want the Onan doll!

[genieroze]

24. Jesus with blue eyes?

What's wrong with these people?

[Cleita]

29. They are bigots and cannot handle a brown-skinned,

dark-eyed Jesus. He might look Jewish, you know, and we can't have that.

[genieroze]

37. Jesus was or is Jewish depending on your belief system.

If you read the bible it said he has feet like bronze and hair like wool. Sounds like African lineage to me.

[Cleita]

38. The Bible is pretty specific about hIs Hebrew lineage, especially

that of being a decendent of the House of David. However, in those days and after centuries of conquerors marching through the Holy Land, there is a good chance of a mixed heritage too. I never read that feet like bronze and hair like wool reference in my Bible. Do you have a book and verse?

I was being sarcastic in my post. Most of the people who like their Jesus with blue eyes and Nordic features don't believe he was a Jewish Jew. For some reason or other they actually believe a family of blue-eyed Aryans were dropped in the middle of the Holy Land so they could have Jesus.

[Cleita]

35. Are the Adam and Eve dolls naked?

Are they anatomically correct underneath the fig-leaves?

[daleo]

36. I was sitting in the pub about a week ago with a few friends

Out of the blue, I doodled something I called "Teddy Bear Jesus" on a bar napkin. I even found it in my pocket the next day. So, this is kind of weird.

"He said that the idea for the religious dolls has been a long-time desire of David Socha, who is the other founder of the teddy bear company."

[susanna]

39. "But Wait! There's More!

Be the first on your block to buy one and get a FREE Jesus or Mary nightlight! Yes, that's right! Their light can illuminate YOUR home!"

I wish I were kidding, but...last week on my stroll through a Dollar Store, I stared, open-mouthed; in front of me were Jesus and Mary nightlights. I pointed it out to my husband, and he just said, "that's messed up."

I could not agree more.

[Cleita]

40. Those have been around for awhile.

They used to sell them in Catholic religious stores, you know the places you buy your missals, statues of saints, rosaries and other religious paraphernalia.

[dflprincess]

41. My Grandma had a rosary that glowed in the dark

She had it draped around a crucifix in guest bedroom. It scared the bejesus out of her grandchildren when we were little.

[Cleita]

42. My mother had one that supposedly had

dirt from the catacombs in the beads and water from Lourdes in a see through plastic crucifix.

[susanna]

43. I guess I figured that...

...but being Protestant had never actually run into it. So it just seems weird to me I guess.

[BornLeft]

44. JEEBUS! i finded you! eom

[chalky]

45. Wow. My own personal Jesus.

Reach out and touch faith, y'all.