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Someone posted this photo of an action figure on Facebook, and I thought that the symbolism was poignant. Lots of people have a \u201cJesus\u201d who is \u201cbendable\u201d and \u201cposeable\u201d and so he is flexible enough to fit in with \u2013 and even serve as a symbol of \u2013 their values and worldview.<\/p>\n

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Someone posted this photo of an action figure on Facebook, and I thought that the symbolism was poignant. Lots of people have a \u201cJesus\u201d who is \u201cbendable\u201d and \u201cposeable\u201d and so he is flexible enough to fit in with \u2013 and even serve as a symbol of \u2013 their values and worldview. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,42],"tags":[341,342,3419,5677],"class_list":["post-17659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-religion","category-humor","tag-action","tag-action-figure","tag-figure","tag-jesus"],"yoast_head":"\nBendable, Poseable Jesus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Someone posted this photo of an action figure on Facebook, and I thought that the symbolism was poignant. 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