My thoughts on the United Church of Canada Wondercafe.ca campaign

I don't completely agree with this United Church of Canada ad. Babies are not born racist, discriminatory, with bad priorities or anything that would require re-adjustments. In reality as a child grows up these are influenced by their peers, adults who are around them, tv, society and so on. I don't like the idea of assuming that a baby is going to need adjustments. I think it's the rest of the population on the planet who need to be adjusted (me included).

This ad I just find funny. I gave dashboard Jesus to several friends one year for Christmas. I don't see it as idol worship. And I don't think that it is sacreligious. nor is it a ticket to Hell. If anything I wonder why they chose to leave Jesus as a Caucasian figure. If he grew up in the middle east...wouldn't he have had a darker complexion? Just a thought. And many Christians have symbols which they keep around them to remind them of their faith (crosses, fish, squares, nativities, etc.)

If you're trying to interpret the bible litterally all the time, then ya it would totally be like marking some of the verses as disagree and others agree, especially if you were trying to compare them to each other. Even if you just think about the image of God and the image of Jesus...each have mulitiple descriptions. How can Jesus be an all people loving man when he yelled and got totally pissed off at the people exchanging money in the temples? And God who created everything in the world, destroyed everything with the flood (well all except for Noah and his family).

so is it a question of objection because they are a biracial couple or because they are both male in appearance? I think this a pretty cool ad. And ya not every United Church congregation will support same-sex marriage, but then again they don't all support the ordination of GLBT into ministry either (and that decision was made almost 2 decades ago). Plus there have already been congregations that have been unsupportive of gay & lesbian couples, so really it won't make much difference having it on a poster I think.

I'm not totally sure how I feel about this one. I can understand why some people would be offended by it. But I think it does raise the topic of sexual relationships and that isn't always discussed openly in church. People of all ages (including children) need to have open honest conversations. The whipped cream reminds me of the movie where the actress comes out of the kitchen wearing a whipped cream bikini (I think it was either Varsity Blues or American Pie). I think the topic of sex and sin is a good one for us all to think about. I think that sexual intercourse can be a sin, especially if it is not between people who actually love each other.

I think this ad is fantastic! It is showing what Christmas means from a Christian point of view. I realise that Christmas was originally celebrated at this time of year to correspond with a pagan festival. But Santa had nothing to do with that either. When I look closely at the picture, it seems as though the chair is floating in the air. And Jesus has a hallow around his head...can Santa make these things happen? I wonder can my church get a statue that looks like this and kids could sit on Jesus lap just like they do Ronald MacDonald's lap in the resturaunt? Hmmmm...I guess that could be a bit weird.