Mickey,

LR Mole, the cross without the figure of Jesus on it is meant to symbolize the Risen Christ. In fact there has been a lot of denominational debate over which cross is approriate to display-- the cross with the suffereing Jesus, or the cross with Jesus all-gone, risen.

One of Greg's brothers came up with something one day when he was wondering. If Jesus had been a figure of the Old West, would the sign of the cross be replaced with the sing of the noose? (Head encircles head several times and yanks up), and would communion consist of sarsaparilla? You can imagine on from there. Mary Magdalene looking like Miss Kitty, Saint Luke as Doc... Pharisees and Scribes the flatlanders who just came West and bought up everything including the paper... Anyway the NT would read a lot like Gunsmoke and our churches would now be using harmonicas and guitars instead of big pipe organs?? Bringing in the Sheaves would shift to Git Along Lil Dogies? Adds a whole new dimension to Home on the Range too.

Oh and also, don't mix up blasphemy (and heresy) with sacrilege. Three different things people often confuse... maybe the people accusing you mean sacrilege. I still think they are probably wrong.

And I have a CD to send you if you will e-mail me your snail address.

~Susan