Church Nativity Scene: Homeless Virgin Mary At A Bus Stop

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The Claremont United Methodist Church in California wants to call attention to those on society’s margins.

The theme for this year’s display at Claremont United Methodist Church on Foothill Boulevard is “Commercialism and the Oppressed.”

Church leaders say the eyes of God are always watching and people should reflect on the true meaning of Christmas…

The Southland church is known for its design of alternative, thought-provoking pieces of art during the holidays.

Displays in previous years have garnered national attention and some have been vandalized, like the 2011 display of both a heterosexual and gay couple. Last year, the display depicted Trayvon Martin in the manger.

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102 responses to Church Nativity Scene: Homeless Virgin Mary At A Bus Stop

  1. tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 13:07

    technically jesus was the child of rape on a young girl who was homeless

    • tiredoftea December 23rd, 2014 at 13:10

      Actually, technically, he didn’t exist.

      • Khary A December 23rd, 2014 at 13:14

        HAAAAAAAAAAAaa! Ahem sorry, I meant only HA!

      • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 13:17

        I agree I was just going with the story

        • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 13:45

          Actually if you’re “going with the story” no rape was committed since Mary is a virgin, technically she was only inseminated.

          • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 13:49

            she was inseminated by an angel, raped

            • granpa.usthai December 23rd, 2014 at 14:19

              did she indicate that she was not receptive to the insemination?

              • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 14:39

                If only facebook was invented back then we’d have the answers to all these questions

              • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 15:53

                No. But, technically, neither did many of Bill Cosby’s “dates.”

              • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 16:37

                did she have a choice?

                • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 16:41

                  As I recall now she prayed that she could be worthy enough to be a nurse to the woman chosen to bear the savior.

                  • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 16:50

                    so she had no choice

                    • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 16:55

                      On the contrary she didn’t think herself to be worthy enough to be chosen to bear the son of God,

                    • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 16:59

                      I am not going to get into a discussion on a myth, I was joking and really do not give a damn.

          • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 14:32

            Nor was she homeless.

            • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 14:37

              Well being single and pregnant she may have ended up homeless or stoned to death had not Joseph stepped up.

  2. tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 14:07

    technically jesus was the child of rape on a young girl who was homeless

    • tiredoftea December 23rd, 2014 at 14:10

      Actually, technically, he didn’t exist.

      • The last of the Thousad Sons December 23rd, 2014 at 14:14

        HAAAAAAAAAAAaa! Ahem sorry, I meant only HA!

      • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 14:17

        I agree I was just going with the story

        • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 14:45

          Actually if you’re “going with the story” no rape was committed since Mary is a virgin, technically she was only inseminated.

          • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 14:49

            she was inseminated by an angel, raped

            • granpa.usthai December 23rd, 2014 at 15:19

              did she indicate that she was not receptive to the insemination?

              • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 15:39

                If only facebook was invented back then we’d have the answers to all these questions

              • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 16:53

                No. But, technically, neither did many of Bill Cosby’s “dates.”

              • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 17:37

                did she have a choice?

                • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 17:41

                  As I recall now she prayed that she could be worthy enough to be a nurse to the woman chosen to bear the savior.

                  • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 17:50

                    so she had no choice

                    • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 17:55

                      On the contrary she didn’t think herself to be worthy enough to be chosen to bear the son of God,

                    • tracey marie December 23rd, 2014 at 17:59

                      I am not going to get into a discussion on a myth, I was joking and really do not give a damn.

          • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 15:32

            Nor was she homeless.

            • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 15:37

              Well being single and pregnant she may have ended up homeless or stoned to death had not Joseph stepped up.

  3. Ol Blue December 23rd, 2014 at 13:43

    That’s pretty cool!

  4. Ol Blue December 23rd, 2014 at 14:43

    That’s pretty cool!

  5. Wayout December 23rd, 2014 at 15:32

    Oh, isn’t that cute! But really, if there was any “oppression” it came from a big government dictate that caused them to leave their little home and travel many miles for the census. Let us not also forget the fact that she was married to a man named Joseph in accordance with Jewish tradition and the natural law.

    I think it is quite admirable that they weren’t depending on government subsides to survive and travel to Bethlehem either. Rather than demand that the government provide them with free accommodations at a nice Inn, the Holy family were happy for the humble surroundings of a stable.

    Unlike many in our nation today, Joseph took full responsibility for his own family, providing for them fully and to the best of his ability. That is the example that needs to be put out there for all to emulate during this festive season.

    • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 15:37

      “And there went out a decree that the entire world should be taxed.”
      Damned Democrats. :)

      • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 15:59

        Someone had to pay for the wars the republicans in Rome kept starting.

    • tiredoftea December 23rd, 2014 at 15:49

      Spinning a fringe right fairy tale from a biblical one. Is there no end to the idiocy of your demented economics?

      • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 15:52

        Joseph and Mary were, in a way, dependent on the state. Of course, being vassals of Rome, they — like all the other Jews — didn’t have much of a choice.

        • Wayout December 23rd, 2014 at 16:40

          You are right, forced to comply at the point of the Roman spear. Just like our modern day leftist government.

          • Suzanne McFly December 23rd, 2014 at 16:42

            Perpetual victimhood has to be exhausting, shouldn’t you be down for your nap?

          • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 16:43

            Yea Caesar was a liberal lmao.

          • Guy Lauten December 23rd, 2014 at 16:52

            So when was the last time anyone pointed a gun at you and told you that you had to leave your home or die? How about the last time the government came through to kill your sons? How about rounding you and yours up and shipping them off to a prison camp? Any of those happen to you recently, or is your “persecution” just a convenient way of crying “Poor me! Poor me!”?
            I say wah. Grow up.

          • arc99 December 23rd, 2014 at 16:52

            I think you meant forced to comply at the point of a Roman vaginal probe, just like our modern right wing state governments.

          • OldLefty December 23rd, 2014 at 19:27

            What is “our modern day leftist government”??

      • Wayout December 23rd, 2014 at 16:38

        Not any more than the liberals over there at the Claremont United Methodist Church. Oh, and Merry Christmas!

        • OldLefty December 23rd, 2014 at 19:31

          Claremont United Methodist Church

          ______

          More like Jesus???

          And is ” Merry Christmas!” said the way we always say it, or in the Christian right’s belligerent way?

    • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 15:51

      Technically, she was engaged to Joseph. If she’d already been married to him, she wouldn’t have been a virgin.

      • Wayout December 23rd, 2014 at 16:37

        Sure she would have. The Scriptures are replete with people who give themselves totally to the Lord, and Mary, the new “Ark of the Covenant”, this one actually carrying God himself in the flesh, would always remain pure just as the original Ark of the Covenant. Joseph, most likely an older man and a widower was only to be her and the Incarnate Word’s guardian and protector here on earth. At least his is how it has been explaitned to me.

        • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 16:45

          For always “remaining pure,” she sure pumped out the siblings.

          • Dwendt44 December 23rd, 2014 at 18:28

            According to the Tulmed, a Roman soldier was jesus’s father. And since having sex while pregnant isn’t a problem, I doubt Mary was a ‘virgin’ for long. Of course, the whole ‘virgin’ idea is a fabrication due to a mis-translation of Greek writings.
            then again, the whole ‘nativity’ scene is a myth anyway.

          • Anomaly 100 December 23rd, 2014 at 23:56

            And that’s why I love you R.J.! ^

        • ChrisVosburg December 23rd, 2014 at 16:53

          And then it came to pass…

    • arc99 December 23rd, 2014 at 16:56

      A guy named Barack Obama took full responsibility for his own family, providing for them fully and to the best of his ability. That is the example that needs to be put out there for all to emulate during this festive season.

      But you hate him anyway, so please spare us the phony self-righteousness.

    • William December 23rd, 2014 at 17:17

      So here I was sitting down, enjoying a merlot and wondering if some nitwit would in some weird twist of logic try to compare the nativity story with right wing bumper sticker mantra.
      Right on time.
      Good job Skippy. Now please go sleep in a stable and show the rest of us what a great upstanding right wing lover of ‘Murica, you really are. I’m sure everyone will be impressed with your resistance to big government. Smelling like horsesh*t the next day will be a small price to pay for your heroic efforts. Make sure you get a twitter feed going and post some pics.

    • Anomaly 100 December 23rd, 2014 at 23:55

      At this point, you really should just delete your Disqus account and start over.

  6. Wayout December 23rd, 2014 at 16:32

    Oh, isn’t that cute! But really, if there was any “oppression” it came from a big government dictate that caused them to leave their little home and travel many miles for the census. Let us not also forget the fact that she was married to a man named Joseph in accordance with Jewish tradition and the natural law.

    I think it is quite admirable that they weren’t depending on government subsides to survive and travel to Bethlehem either. Rather than demand that the government provide them with free accommodations at a nice Inn, the Holy family were happy for the humble surroundings of a stable.

    Unlike many in our nation today, Joseph took full responsibility for his own family, providing for them fully and to the best of his ability. That is the example that needs to be put out there for all to emulate during this festive season.

    • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 16:37

      “And there went out a decree that the entire world should be taxed.”
      Damned Democrats. :)

      • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 16:59

        Someone had to pay for the wars the republicans in Rome kept starting.

    • tiredoftea December 23rd, 2014 at 16:49

      Spinning a fringe right fairy tale from a biblical one. Is there no end to the idiocy of your demented economics?

      • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 16:52

        Joseph and Mary were, in a way, dependent on the state. Of course, being vassals of Rome, they — like all the other Jews — didn’t have much of a choice.

        • Wayout December 23rd, 2014 at 17:40

          You are right, forced to comply at the point of the Roman spear. Just like our modern day leftist government.

          • Suzanne McFly December 23rd, 2014 at 17:42

            Perpetual victimhood has to be exhausting, shouldn’t you be down for your nap?

          • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 17:43

            Yea Caesar was a liberal lmao.

          • Guy Lauten December 23rd, 2014 at 17:52

            So when was the last time anyone pointed a gun at you and told you that you had to leave your home or die? How about the last time the government came through to kill your sons? How about rounding you and yours up and shipping them off to a prison camp? Any of those happen to you recently, or is your “persecution” just a convenient way of crying “Poor me! Poor me!”?
            I say wah. Grow up.

          • arc99 December 23rd, 2014 at 17:52

            I think you meant forced to comply at the point of a Roman vaginal probe, just like our modern right wing state governments.

          • OldLefty December 23rd, 2014 at 20:27

            What is “our modern day leftist government”??

      • Wayout December 23rd, 2014 at 17:38

        Not any more than the liberals over there at the Claremont United Methodist Church. Oh, and Merry Christmas!

        • OldLefty December 23rd, 2014 at 20:31

          Claremont United Methodist Church

          ______

          More like Jesus???

          And is ” Merry Christmas!” said the way we always say it, or in the Christian right’s belligerent way?

    • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 16:51

      Technically, she was engaged to Joseph. If she’d already been married to him, she wouldn’t have been a virgin.

      • Wayout December 23rd, 2014 at 17:37

        Sure she would have. The Scriptures are replete with people who give themselves totally to the Lord, and Mary, the new “Ark of the Covenant”, this one actually carrying God himself in the flesh, would always remain pure just as the original Ark of the Covenant. Joseph, most likely an older man and a widower was only to be her and the Incarnate Word’s guardian and protector here on earth. At least his is how it has been explaitned to me.

        • R.J. Carter December 23rd, 2014 at 17:45

          For always “remaining pure,” she sure pumped out the siblings.

          • Dwendt44 December 23rd, 2014 at 19:28

            According to the Tulmed, a Roman soldier was jesus’s father. And since having sex while pregnant isn’t a problem, I doubt Mary was a ‘virgin’ for long. Of course, the whole ‘virgin’ idea is a fabrication due to a mis-translation of Greek writings.
            then again, the whole ‘nativity’ scene is a myth anyway.

          • Anomaly 100 December 24th, 2014 at 00:56

            And that’s why I love you R.J.! ^

        • ChrisVosburg December 23rd, 2014 at 17:53

          And then it came to pass…

    • arc99 December 23rd, 2014 at 17:56

      A guy named Barack Obama took full responsibility for his own family, providing for them fully and to the best of his ability. That is the example that needs to be put out there for all to emulate during this festive season.

      But you hate him anyway, so please spare us the phony self-righteousness.

    • William December 23rd, 2014 at 18:17

      So here I was sitting down, enjoying a merlot and wondering if some nitwit would in some weird twist of logic try to compare the nativity story with right wing bumper sticker mantra.
      Right on time.
      Good job Skippy. Now please go sleep in a stable and show the rest of us what a great upstanding right wing lover of ‘Murica, you really are. I’m sure everyone will be impressed with your resistance to big government. Smelling like horsesh*t the next day will be a small price to pay for your heroic efforts. Make sure you get a twitter feed going and post some pics.

    • Anomaly 100 December 24th, 2014 at 00:55

      At this point, you really should just delete your Disqus account and start over.

  7. William December 23rd, 2014 at 17:25

    If Jesus walked the streets of America today, I wonder how he’d be treated?

    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/woman-calls-police-on-homeless-jesus-statue-installed-in-upscale-neighborhood/

    • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 17:36

      Well he was a brown skinned, socialist whose Father rules as a dictator so….

      • William December 23rd, 2014 at 17:59

        The holy family wouldn’t do so well in Mo.

    • Anomaly 100 December 23rd, 2014 at 23:54

      Really, you wonder that? He would be called a ‘thug’ because of his dark skin. He’d be called a ‘socialist’ because he healed the sick. He’d be put in the category of the worst of the worst, while they cheered on his execution, which certainly would be botched.

  8. William December 23rd, 2014 at 18:25

    If Jesus walked the streets of America today, I wonder how he’d be treated?

    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/woman-calls-police-on-homeless-jesus-statue-installed-in-upscale-neighborhood/

    • edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 18:36

      Well he was a brown skinned, socialist whose Father rules as a dictator so….

      • William December 23rd, 2014 at 18:59

        The holy family wouldn’t do so well in Mo.

    • Anomaly 100 December 24th, 2014 at 00:54

      Really, you wonder that? He would be called a ‘thug’ because of his dark skin. He’d be called a ‘socialist’ because he healed the sick. He’d be put in the category of the worst of the worst, while they cheered on his execution, which certainly would be botched.

  9. edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 17:34

    I find it amusing that some will comment on a subject just for the chance to stick a finger in someone’s eye and then after several posts over a period of hours say they were “only joking” without ever ending with …./s…… /s

  10. edmeyer_able December 23rd, 2014 at 18:34

    I find it amusing that some will comment on a subject just for the chance to stick a finger in someone’s eye and then after several posts over a period of hours say they were “only joking” without ever ending with …./s…… /s

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