Re: Easter & Christmas (was RE: [asa] Noah's Ark- the debate over floods... and biblical interpretation)

Trust Americans to have to do it bigger and better:)

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From: "David Campbell" <pleuronaia@gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: Easter & Christmas (was RE: [asa] Noah's Ark- the debate over
floods... and biblical interpretation)

>> Anyway the only animals we have had in church this Holy Week have been a
>> pony as a donkey substitute on Palm Sunday (It came into church with a
>> child
>> sitting on it followed by children and went right up to the chancel
>> steps)and a life size model of a yearling lamb to be tied into the last
>> supper - the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world.
>
> Too many animals in church certainly can be a problem. Many years
> ago, a large church near where my parents live decided to go for a
> spectacular Christmas pageant, recruiting someone from a local zoo
> specializing in trained wild animals. As a result, the scene in
> Herod's palace featured the exotic Oriental touch of a tame lion.
> While shepherds watched their flocks of real sheep in a classroom,
> waiting for their cue, a whiff of lion came through the air system.
> The sheep were sore afraid and the classroom got new carpet.
>
>
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> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections
> University of Alabama
> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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