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Picture steals the show of a thousand words
Robert
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2015/12/13 - 3:27pm

I sort of like the Alantic site for its presentations ( generally calm, and with good coordination between visuals and contents) , but today something different is happening there.

This   article,   'Your Christmas Nativity Scene Is a Lie,'  sports  a depiction of Jesus that sends me to speculate on hidden meanings.   For me the loudest message above everything else is   this baby Jesus is either armed against terrorists,  or too happy to see the pretty angel above him.

But elsewhere there seem to be no other signs of sarcasm, anything out of the ordinary, except for the 2 typos right off the 1st paragraph.  Barring something  profound or hidden,  this must be just a lapse of their usual high standards then.

No matter how good you are with your ways with words,  looks always beat words to first impression, and then  will   steal the entire show.

deaconB
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2015/12/13 - 11:58pm

Robert said 

But elsewhere there seem to be no other signs of sarcasm, anything out of the ordinary, except for the 2 typos right off the 1st paragraph.  Barring something  profound or hidden,  this must be just a lapse of their usual high standards then.

I can't find those typos you speak of.  Could you point them out?

Robert
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2015/12/14 - 2:24am

Yes, I should:  the highlighted parts in the paragraph reproduced below- they seem meant to be like this:

a whole lot of controversy

ways   / in which /  the nativity can be reimagined /  had been reimagined

(And it seems to me   'in  which'   needs to be there)

What happens when you cross the newborn baby Jesus with The Walking Dead? Upset neighbors and a whole of of controversy—especially if you’re the couple in Ohio who built a zombie nativity in their front yard. Theirs isn’t even the strangest nativity out there: There are Etsy artisans offering nativities featuring everything from cats to Star Wars characters. There’s a rubber-duck nativity for those want yuletide during their bath time, and even an Irish nativity with three wise men bearing gifts of clover, Guinness, and a pot of gold. The 2003 Christmas film Love Actually famously featured a grade-school nativity play with multiple lobsters, Spider-Man, and a large green octopus—as if pointing out the myriad strange ways the nativity can been reimagined.

deaconB
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2015/12/14 - 4:37am

Danke.

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