I had a thought about Molly's post about how she found some sympathy for the Precious Moments figurines by comparing them to the idealized saint cards. We look at the Precious moments figurines and look down up on the type of Christianity that they seem to promote, but might they not just be kitsch? Might they not be recognized not as emblematic of a particular type of Christianity, but instead as something that is meant to be an oversimplification of it, a mistruth about it, but something that nevertheless fulfills some kind of purpose? We're sitting here looking at the Precious Moments dolls and using it to condemn a particular type of Christianity, but would those Christians necessarily say that this type of Christianity represents them?

I'm just asking. I have no doubt that they do represent this kind of Christianity to some people. But probably not everybody.