Church group makes two faced dolls to be used in missionary work.

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Permalink Reply by The Flying Atheist on July 13, 2011 at 2:54pm

The dolls are very cute and the photo of the little Ugandan boy is adorable.  Too bad these gifts have to come with a horrible, tainted message attached.  Why can't these church people just make and send regular dolls so that these innocent and unsuspecting kids can enjoy a bit of material joy without the nonsensical, excess baggage of religion thrust upon them?  *sigh*

Permalink Reply by Ian Mason on July 13, 2011 at 3:05pm

TFA is right. A good deed is done for its own sake, not with an ulterior motive. I also wonder why the woman isn't angry at the God who gave her macular degeneration. That must be blind faith. :-D

Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on July 13, 2011 at 3:31pm

Targeting young children with the religious bilge is child abuse; abuse that could poison their mnds for a lifetime.  I'm sure the churchies think they are doing good work - more the pity.

Permalink Reply by Sandy on July 13, 2011 at 6:16pm

It's hard to tell from the small number of pictures, but the dolls all seem to be fair skinned, which is surprising as most of the kids in the pictures are much darker skinned. Maybe it'll backfire on the missionaries and the message the kids will get from the dolls is that white people are two-faced.

Permalink Reply by Hugh Kramer on July 13, 2011 at 6:22pm

I think Ian sums up my reaction to this story exactly: "A good deed is done for its own sake, not with an ulterior motive."

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on July 14, 2011 at 12:19am

The dolls carry a racist message, and even if some dark skinned children are given dark skinned dolls, a lot of them are white are light.  The beads' message as stated:

 

"

Black = Sin. All have sinned, and the punishment for sin is death
Red = Blood. We can’t fix ourselves so Jesus shed His blood on the cross for us.
White = Clean. We are made clean when we accept Jesus as Lord. We then become a New Creation"

Even if the gift givers don't intend to give a racist message, they are.  White people giving light dolls to black children, with the statement that black is sin and white is clean - such lovely people.

Permalink Reply by Ian Mason on July 14, 2011 at 11:17am

Ah, but the Qu'ran says it too. On the Final Day the saved shall be white and the damned black. I wonder what the Nation of Islam make of that. When I worked with asylum seekers the Arabs hated their African fellow-Muslims.

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on July 14, 2011 at 11:39am

pathetic carryover of racist bronze age tribalism into modern times, pathetic campartmentalization.  For both abrahamic religions.