The big question is, is this story really, really sad, or somewhat humorous, due to what was done?
When Baby Jesus disappeared last year from a Nativity scene on the lawn of the Wellington, Fla., community center, village officials didn’t follow a star to locate him.
A GPS device mounted inside the life-size ceramic figurine led sheriff’s deputies to a nearby apartment, where it was found face down on the carpet. An 18-year-old woman was arrested in the theft.
Giving up on old-fashioned padlocks and trust, a number of churches, synagogues, governments and ordinary citizens are turning to technology to protect holiday displays from pranks or prejudice.
About 70 churches and synagogues eager to avoid the December police blotter jumped at a security company’s offer of free use of GPS systems and hidden cameras this month to guard their mangers and menorahs.
Umm, I think we are looking at really, really sad. The very fact that people and groups, particularly churches and synagogues, are having to turn to tech in such a manner to keep (insert bad word(s) here) from stealing their religious displays, some of which are worth some serious coin. Often, they are returned after the holiday, but, many times they are gone forever or show back up defaced.
The incidents raise a question: Is stealing Baby Jesus harmless juvenile fun, or anti-Christian?
“I suspect most of it is childish pranks,” said attorney Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian legal group. “Clearly, there are adults with an agenda to remove Christ from Christmas. But they tend to occupy themselves with the courts and courtroom of public opinion.”
Juvenile fun is putting a lit bag of dog poo on someones porch, then ringing the bell, on Mischief Night (people from the Northeast will understand. Not something that most people from other regions know about. Basically, on October 30th, you play pranks on people at night. If you want to know more, email me). But, it is a childish prank, if you will, performed by Liberals, whose minds are stuck on “childish.” People who become so unhinged because they lost an election and terrorists are treated poorly do not have adult mentalities.
