Do you think this is a disrespectful thing to do?

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I have a beautiful Nativity scene…I place it on a table surrounded by pine and cedar branches…I do add somethings…a candle. I light it every morning and say a prayer.
I also add a miniature blanket that I knitted for Jesus.
 
I suspect the father in that cartoon was just about to sit down and have a teaching moment with those kids, explaining to them who Jesus is and why the nativity is there.

The dinosaur is a real animal that lived once and the cowboy is human, a little different than Yoda.
 
TK421 said:
I am sorry that you experienced that. It sounds like they needed professional help but none was available for them.
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Not at all.

It showed their deep love for Christ, the dedication to ensure we were not advising others to sin, instead we wrote have a “Happy Christmas” (as they understood and had been taught themselves). Mother Superior must have been born close to 1900, I think. They were very traditional and today I guess you’d say they were strict, but so were my parents - no harm done. In fact I have very fond memories of my time under their tutelege.

I was thanking Father for explaining the meaning, because if it wasn’t know back then, I don’t think it is any better known today, which I think it needs to be - widely known and understood.
 
GiftofMercy said:
My logic is that a character shaped on a set of Eastern religions and martial arts is a character that would not worship an ultimate Christian Christ the King.
Yoda is all about self , the rejection of a creator in preference to growth of the all powerful self.
And that is my opinion, living as a practising Catholic in an extremely secular and increasingly non believing to pagan worshipping world. People who would rather for example , worship non existent power in minerals , then in their creator God.
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Thank you. 💐
 
The Catholic Funeral Home n my town has a life size one.

I will definitely look into it, thanks 😃
 
“Every Time a Bell Rings a Camel Gets His Wings”. ← I admit, that’s the first time I’ve heard that expression. Does anyone know the origin of it?
 
One might conjecture it is ultimately derived from “It’s a Wonderful Life”.

Not referring to camels, in the original.
 
the reference to the camel had me stumped! Certainly didn’t ring any bells for me (pun intended).
 
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Aside fron the humor, I think it’s a good reminder that other lifeforms exist in the universe besides just us. I believe God is an infinite Creator. He may have stopped on the seventh day with our planet, but who knows how many other millions and billions of solar systems, galaxies support advanced life? If no disrespect is intended, no disrespect is taken.
 
MagdalenaRita said:
In all charity, I have to disagree and I suspect that many who have ever been hurt by being joked about by a friend might feel the same way. I don’t think in order to have a relationship with someone I need to joke about them. Have fun and laugh, joke WITH them, yes. That is different.
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Fair enough, I will concede that some jokes can be hurtful. I guess it depends on how well you know someone and which sore spots to avoid.
MagdalenaRita said:
How do you know where to draw the line in joking about God?
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I’d say something crosses the line if the point is to ridicule God.
Elf01 said:
I think joking implies a lack of reverence.
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How so? I’ve always thought that joking implies a closeness.
 
Precisely. It shows us that Christ was born into the natural world, in which we all currently inhabit.

Including ETs, such as Yoda and others is a statement that we recognize God’s overall creation that expands far beyond what our most powerful telescopes can see – that there are very likely – and I’m certain of it – other advanced civilizations elsewhere in the physical universe, not to mention a complete spiritual universe, as well. These particular figures are fictional, but they represent a much broader reality.

I have seen posters that show Santa Clause kneeling before the manger with the baby Jesus in it. I have never considered that disrespectful. Santa Claus is a symbol of the giving spirit of Christmas, and Jesus reflects the giving spirit of God – and there’s an overall reverence to all of that.
 
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Irishmom2 said:
See, I don’t understand why it’s okay in one place but not another. If it’s not okay at church, why is it okay at home? No one sees that as odd?
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It’s a difference in audience, and how the action will be perceived.

In some homes it would be offensive, while in others a reverent statement. In others, just amusing.

In a church, it would be received in many ways by different members, and thus different from a known audience.
catholiclala said:
I’m not horrified or think this a grave sin or anything but I do think we should avoid making light of the nativity.
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Again, some audiences would take this that way, and it would be inappropriate there. For other audiences, it would be the statement above about everyone honoring Him . . .
 
HomeschoolDad said:
Something in a church, I wouldn’t go so far as to say it is disrespectful, but it would be historically inaccurate and would look frivolous.
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The Nativity scene itself is historically inaccurate. By the time the wise men arrived on the scene, the Holy Family was safely in a house. See Matthew 2:11.
 
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