{"id":4746,"date":"2011-12-14T10:13:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T16:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=4746"},"modified":"2011-12-14T10:13:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T16:13:53","slug":"virgin-mary-the-positive-pregnancy-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2011\/12\/virgin-mary-the-positive-pregnancy-test\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virgin Mary & The Positive Pregnancy Test – A Christmas Billboard Miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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So, this isn\u2019t an American story, but it definitely could be.<\/p>\n

A church in New Zealand put up this billboard of the Virgin Mary in a effort to make the point that her pregnancy was \u201creal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Unconventional for sure, but apparently it has stirred quite a bit of controversy.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the story\u2026..<\/p>\n

Virgin Mary and the positive pregnancy test: Church launches controversial advert campaign in time for Christmas<\/h2>\n

By Lee Moran<\/p>\n

A controversial New Zealand church has rolled out a provocative publicity stunt in time for Christmas \u2013 with a billboard showing the Virgin Mary holding a positive pregnancy test.<\/span><\/p>\n

Auckland\u2019s St Matthews in the City Church launched its festive advertising campaign to \u2018avoid the sentimental and trite\u2019 and \u2018spark thought and conversation\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vicar Glynn Cardy said: \u2018It\u2019s real. Christmas is real. It\u2019s about a real pregnancy, a real mother and a real child. It\u2019s about real anxiety, courage and hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018This billboard portrays Mary, Jesus\u2019 mother, looking at a home pregnancy test kit revealing that she is pregnant. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Regardless of any premonition, that discovery would have been shocking.\u00a0 Mary was unmarried, young, and poor. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018This pregnancy would shape her future.\u00a0 She was certainly not the first woman in this situation or the last.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now, if you\u2019re thinking to yourself: \u201cWhat is all the fuss about?\u201d, it\u2019s probably because you didn\u2019t see their Christmas billboard campaign from 2009\u2026..<\/p>\n


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\nAccording to the church\u2019s vicar, it was their \u201cintention to avoid the sentimental, trite and expected to spark thought and conversation in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

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