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National Public Radio<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A new religious statue in the town of Davidson, N.C., is unlike anything you might see in church. The statue depicts Jesus as a vagrant sleeping on a park bench. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church installed the homeless Jesus statue on its property in the middle of an upscale neighborhood filled with well-kept townhomes. …<\/p>\n

The reaction was immediate. Some loved it; some didn’t. “One woman from the neighborhood actually called police the first time she drove by,” says David Boraks, editor of DavidsonNews.net. “She thought it was an actual homeless person.” That’s right. Somebody called the cops on Jesus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Some neighbors feel that it’s an insulting depiction of the son of God,” NPR reports. Hmmm – those neighbors might want to check out their theology of the incarnation and\u00a0crucifixion. Lots of abasement and insult there, I’d say.<\/p>\n

Read the rest here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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