ADDISON — The popular nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb” tells the tale of a lamb following a little girl to school and the teacher not allowing it to enter the classroom. On July 7, LeFerna “Louie” Walch will make it her business’ priority to get the lamb back into school.
Walch’s business, Mary’s Lamb Inc., has the purpose of teaching “unchurched” children about Jesus through a lamb.
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The goal is to get the lamb into schools, so Walch will come out with a school supplies line in August. She doesn’t want the supplies to be released too early because she doesn’t want anyone to try to ban them.
“I’m sure we’ll run into controversy,” she said. “The whole point of this is to see the lamb and think of Jesus.”
In an effort to make the lamb popular, Walch wrote a 30-chaptered children’s novel titled “The Secret of Yahweh!” that introduces J.C. Lamb and her Chihuahua sidekick, “Angel.”
The story tells of J.C. Lamb, also known as Un-Secret Agent 7-7-7, going to a school because children aren’t allowed to say the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. It is up to J.C. Lamb to “expose the secret that has been kept too well for too long.”
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Mary had a little sheep.
With the sheep, she used to sleep.
The sheep turned out to be a ram.
Mary had a little lamb.
Sorry, just couldn't resist.
3 things:
-What child is going to read a 30-chapter book? Especially one written as badly as this one probably is?
-J.C. Lamb? And a Chihuahua sidekick? Isn't that a tad bit disrespectful?
-August is a little too late to be releasing school-supply lines. Most kids are either in class again by then, or have their things already bought. (This is a good thing, though.... XD )
Mary had a little lamb,
The doctor was so surprised!
Mary had a little lamb,
A little pork,
A little jam...
Mary had a little lamb.
Her father shot it dead.
Now it goes to school with her
between two hunks of bread.
And here’s a nice one, too:
Mary had a little lamb.
It ran into a pylon.
10,000 volts went up its ass
and turned it's wool to nylon.
"because children aren't allowed to say the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance"
Oh...so they are saying it the way it was originally written...the way my parents learned it? What a horrible crime!!
Like Jesus would really hyperventilate about removing the "under God". It was only added in 1954, so Jesus got along fine without it for almost 2,000 years.
40 million people can't afford medical care in the US and she's worrying about somebody banning "under God" from the Pledge.
“The whole point of this is to see the lamb and think of Jesus.”
I see lamb and think of BBQ...
Oh, and my children are "unchurched". We'll thank you to keep your brainwashing bullshit to yourself, thank you.
I echo several sentiments written in by others. With all the problems plaguing American society, all you're worried about is the fact that kids can't recite the Pledge of Allegiance in schools with words that were added to it during the McCarthy era.
What an idiot.
Is this a fundie attempt at sabotaging elementary schools with Jesus?
Why can't fundies bear the idea of kids growing up and deciding their personal beliefs for themselves? Oh, that's right; if you don't get 'em young, they might get away and start thinking independantly. If you don't hammer your beliefs into your (or in fundies' case, other peoples) children early on, they might defy you and vote democrat.
Get' em early, brainwash 'em quick!
@Fed Up: That website reminds me of a bad acip trip. The music... the music...
A really bad rhyme but I can't resist:
Sorry folks!
Mary met a little fundie,
Who screamed like a berserker,
He had a law passed,
Now Mary has to wear a bhurka
*Runs away embarrassed*
"She doesn’t want the supplies to be released too early because she doesn’t want anyone to try to ban them."
Ban them? I doubt that many people see a (poorly-drawn) lamb and immediately think of Jesus. Also, am I the only one who thinks it's presumptuous and somewhat arrogant to believe that enough people would care about your merchandise enough for it be controversial?
"In an effort to make the lamb popular, Walch wrote a 30-chaptered children’s novel titled “The Secret of Yahweh!” that introduces J.C. Lamb and her Chihuahua sidekick, “Angel.”"
Sure, like an "unchurched" child would be interested in any book with overt religious themes. Also, what age is she targeting. Children old enough to get through a 30-chapter book are not likely to be as swayed by cutesy, anthropomorphic animals as younger children are. Younger children will show little interest in a book that long.
"The story tells of J.C. Lamb, also known as Un-Secret Agent 7-7-7, going to a school because children aren’t allowed to say the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. It is up to J.C. Lamb to “expose the secret that has been kept too well for too long.”""
While I fail to find any information on Ms. Walch here, these two statements makes me highly doubt she's been anywhere near a public school for at least 20 years. Students are allowed to say those words in the pledge, and Ms. Walch's target audience knows that. If that were true, then it would not be a secret to them. Lying to children will not make them more interested in your religion. In fact, it will probably have the opposite effect. And fundies wonder why children raised as Christians tend to convert to a different religion when they graduate from high school...
So she gives an interview to the local paper, which makes it to the online version, and she thinks she can get her materials teaching about Jesus into schools and NO ONE WILL KNOW ABOUT IT until it's too late to object!
I love her line of thought.
*Release product line 'in secret' after making sure it gets publicity in the paper.
*Release product after children are already in school to ensure 'secrecy' and sales. (When do parents buy school supplies, again? I'm sure it's mid-semester.)
*Draw a crude sheep on product to invoke the image of Jesus in viewers, and certainly not the image of cute barnyard animals.
*Write a 30-chapter book on a sinister plot that doesn't actually exist, but insist it is.
*Target audience for 30-chapter mystery-fiction book: children ages 5-10.
*??
*Profit Prophet.
A Chihuahua.
A chihuahua.
You could've at least named the thing Biff.
Christianity, as one of the largest religions in the world, is hardly a secret.
Most of what I had to said was already covered, but...
Shouldn't the lamb be male? Because that's bound to cause confusion among any children (if they exist) who find their way to Christianity through these products.
That night, with her blinds pulled, Mary had three helpings of corn, two baked potatoes, extra bread, and a little lamb.
You people who talk poorly about these types of things without any prior knowledge really need a life; or at least a hobby.
Most of us here have plenty of "prior knowledge." Some of us were raised as fundies and many are Christians now.
This board is a perfectly fine hobby.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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