"Huggable Jesus" dolls

[AussieDave]

From the only daily newspaper here in Brisbane:

"HUGGABLE Jesus is just one of the "dolls that love you back" being offered by a couple of biblical doll-makers in Boston who hawk plush dolls "that pack fun and faith into one lovable, kid-sized package".

The rest here:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20374929-5003402,00.html

Also in Huggable Moses and Huggable Esther !!!

An interesting way to teach your child about religion - nothing wrong with that. Of course, you just KNOW what some fundie parents will do with this.......

[AnnieBW]

1. Your Own Personal Jesus

Reach out and touch God...

[ComerPerro]

5. Someone to hear your prayers, someone who cares

[NYC]

2. Available at:

http://www.holyfolks.com/

(I can't tell who is who.)

[AussieDave]

3. Thank you very much - that was going to be my next job

finding a picture !!! You've saved me the trouble.:thumbsup:

[NYC]

20. I don't know that I did you a favor.

Those are pretty ugly. I think the woman doll is okay,and has a pleasant smile, but the others are grotesque with those beards.

[spindrifter]

16. These look amazingly like bearded Cabbage Patch dolls--

except for the mom one. (I'm not sure if it is Eve, Sarah, Rachel or Mary). The beards are gross, but maybe if they need to expand to other markets they can make them into Islamic dolls.

[NYC]

27. It's Mary. I clicked another button.

She has a pleasant smile. The ones with beards are hideous, possibly frightening.

[havocmom]

31. Cabbage patch kids grew up

and joined a weird cult... a plushie cult :scared:

[uppityperson]

33. Moses, Mary, Jesus, Noah

"16" Plush dolls and toys with magnetic hands and individual accessories. "They are holding 10 commandment stones, baby, staff, elephants.

Jesus w/Staff
The Holy Folks Jesus doll comes complete with a shepard's Staff. His magnetic hands can firmly hold onto the magnetic staff, and also come together in prayer position. Play & Pray with your new best friend!

Mary w/Baby
The Holy Folks Mary doll comes complete with baby Jesus doll. Her magnetic hands firmly hold onto the baby Jesus, and also come together in prayer position. Play & Pray with your new best friend!

Noah w/Elephants
The Holy Folks Noah doll comes complete with 2 Elephants. His magnetic hands can firmly hold onto the magnetic Elephants, and also come together in prayer position. Play & Pray with your new best friend!

Moses w/Tablets
The Holy Folks Moses doll comes complete with 10 Commandment tablets. His magnetic hands can firmly hold onto the magnetic tablets, and also come together in prayer position. Play & Pray with your new best friend!

Baby Jesus Accessory
You can now purchase the Holy Folks Baby Jesus doll separately! Baby Jesus comes wrapped snuggly in a soft white blanket with a friendly and loving smile thats sure to warm your heart with joy.

[Skip Intro]

4. Hey, Christ sells.

I'm sure he'd be proud.

insert "shaking my head in disbelief" smiley here

[Ilsa]

15. I rarely go to church anymore. I swear like an angry old man (but not

in front of the kiddies). But even I am not so greedy and poor of spirit that I'd try to make a buck off Jesus. :)

[Submariner]

6. Baby Jesus Blowout Sale

[Ilsa]

13. So Mary dressed Baby Jesus in a smock with a cross on it?

I mean, when I was a new mom, I never dressed my kids in something with an emblem of the future instrument of their death on it.

That pic is hysterical!

[NYC]

35. Special Discounts on Miscolored Models!

I love that part. Sounds interesting.

[whiterabbit76]

7. Do these people have NO shame?

I am not religious however this strikes me as extremely tasteless! Please tell me that the huggable Jesus DOES NOT come complete with nails and a cross.

[cynatnite]

8. That's optional for an additional price...

You have to get it. It's like having a Barbie without her dream house or her corvette. :rofl:

[whiterabbit76]

11. But of course!

Is there a huggable Judas too?? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Submariner]

28. I wouldn't want to be near you in a lightning storm tonight

Your doomed...

[Rockstone]

9. And as a plug for tolerance,

I found a link on popurls.com this morning to a Christian blog where people confess their sins and ask for prayers and support.

What struck me is that many of these people had come back to their religious roots out of sheer desperation. In many of the stories of people with sexual problems they had been abused as children.

So just consider that many of these people who believe things that we find ridiculous are actually suffering and are trying to do the best they can to get by.

My friend recently went through cocaine addicition after starting to do the blow at about age 33 and he is a member of AA now. I saw the church blog as providing a similar role for alot of these misfortunate people.

[AussieDave]

17. I'll tolerate ANY religion - it's a source of comfort and help to millions

It's the extremist fundamentalists of ANY religion who ruin it for the rest - gives the particular religious belief (and religion in general) a bad name.

Items like this merely play into the stereotype (think Ned Flanders from "The Simpsons") of whom these extremists are a part, and which is all too easily mocked. Unfortunately it's those extremist who seem to be doing the most damage in many places these days.

[TheFriedPiper]

23. Tolerate? Yes, Respect? No. Ridicule? Most definately.

[Rockstone]

29. You can deride whoever you want

What if they were Islamic characters (well they are), would ridicule them?
What if they were Jewish characters (oh yeah, they are), would you ridicule them?
What about Native American dolls, ridiculous?

Now if they had bobble heads, well... heheh.

But a huggy patriarch is kind of cool. I'd love to have a huggy Bob Marley and a huggy Jerry Garcia myself!

[Warren DeMontague]

34. You can get Jerry Garcia, for sure.

http://liquidblue.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/bears.detail/cat/14_INCH_PLUSH_BEARS/subcat/14_INCH_PLUSH_BEARS/CODE/77713/JERRYDOLL.html

I've actually got two.

[porphyrian]

10. Do they come with a plush cross to hang him on? - n/t

[spindrifter]

12. Do parents let their kiddies sleep with these Jesus and Moses

dolls? Are they anatomically correct? Do they have outfits that you can change?

[AussieDave]

21. "anatomically correct" ???

Sounds like cotton balls to me.......:o

[Horse with no Name]

14. Oh my aching Psalms

:eyes:

[karlrschneider]

18. Just watch out you ain't growing hair on your psalms...

:rofl:

[Horse with no Name]

25. ...

:blush:

[AnnieBW]

19. In The Interest of Equal Time

Here are your favorite Egyptian deities as Beanie Babies!

Anubis


Bast


Horus-Ra


Sobek


No word on a plushie Hathor, Isis, or Osiris (breaks into pieces - penis sold separately :evilgrin:)

[AussieDave]

24. Now those are pretty cool - very pagan indeed

but "penis sold separately" ?????? :spank: :spank::spank::spank::spank::spank:

Bad Karma !! Bad Karma !!!


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[LibertyLover]

22. I don't care if it rains or freezes

'long as I got my huggable Jesus!

[AussieDave]

26. That deserves

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Warren DeMontague]

30. Actually, IMHO that's closer to what Jesus ought to be about than what

the fundies usually peddle.

People who are busy hugging can't use their arms to kill other people.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

32. I Think This Is A Great Entrepreneurial Idea Actually.

Can't say a bad thing about it.

[lumberjack_jeff]

36. Did Rev. Carlin come up with this idea?

It's buddy Christ!

http://www.shipbrook.com.nyud.net:8090/karen/blog/images/buddychrist1.jpg