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Wal-Mart is selling religious statues. They are in the toy section, and are designed to help kids learn their Bible stories by playing with action figures.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s Daniel in the lion\u2019s den.<\/p>\n

Check out the pictures galleries here<\/a> to see them all\u2026<\/p>\n

So nice to see the Protestants starting to accept the need for religious statues\u2026.<\/p>\n

Next thing you know they\u2019ll be putting little statues of Jesus on their dashboard, lighting candles before the sacred heart of Jesus and carrying statues of the Mother of God in procession.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"