A "Progressive" Anglican Church in Auckland, New Zealand paid to have a large billboard placed near its parish this week, showing an image of the Virgin Mary and Joseph in bed, with a printed message saying, "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow," Reuters reports today.
The vicar of St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Archdeacon Glynn Cardy, believes he did nothing wrong by having this billboard, and said he used it as "a cutting-edge strategy to engage non-believers."
Excuse me, Vicar Cardy, but I believe you were totally wrong to have used such an offensive message to attract non-believers. The fact is that we must never use a billboard -- or any other audio or visual means -- to degrade the Virgin Mary, Christ, or God. We just don't do that in our society.
I believe this irresponsible act of Vicar Cardy -- which shows disrespect to all Christians -- needs to be addressed quickly by Anglican hierarchs. The Archbishop of New Zealand's Anglican Church needs to reprimand Vicar Cardy -- perhaps even unfrocking him -- for implementing this evilhearted billboard.
Moreover, the Archbishop of Canterbury should present a statement that condemns this cowardly secular action to all worshipers.
What are your thoughts on this incredible situation? Readers want to know what you think about it. Please comment....
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This billboard sounds inappropriate. I believe it should be taken down. Sounds like a bad judgement but we should be careful before judging particular people for making a mistake.
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