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[dreamer_easy]

As part of a goal of converting 10% of Sydney to Christianity by 2012, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney is proposing spending half a million dollars on distributing the Gospel of Luke to every family in the city.

I have two questions about this plan: firstly, is this actually an effective way to gain converts, or is it spam? Secondly, what could, say, Anglicare do with half a million bucks?

(Dr Jensen has a point about most people not having read the Bible since childhood - I remember a prepubescent effort of mine to read the entire Good News New Testament, which floundered somewhere in the Acts. I'm curious about why Luke seems to be the gospel of choice for evangelism, so I must have a re-read of it.)

Comments

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

I frequently get nauseated when we have to drive by this monstrosity on a regular basis and I try to imagine what insane amount of money it cost to create (personally, I think he looks like the victim of a horrible transporter accident.)

O_O

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Oh dear - that must have looked better on paper. (Here in Australia, I'm afraid it would fit right in alongside the Big Banana, the Big Pineapple, the Big Sheep, the Big Prawn, etc.)

Re: O_O

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the Big Rocking Horse, and the Big Oyster!

Re: O_O

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

If we're going to Hell, can I at least go in this handbasket? :D

Re: O_O

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's silly.

(Many moons ago my dad worked at the IBM building nicknamed "the Rusty Bucket".)

[southerndave.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of an industrial accident... that concrete cross has knocked the poor bloke over and he's knocked his head on the church building.

Compared with that, even the infamous Colac Bay surfer statue (which comes complete with its own giant concrete wave) is a work of art...

[thegameiam.livejournal.com]

But does the surfer statue come with its own Galactus?