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and the establishment responsible is now backing worthless Thomas Kinkade prints sold to unsuspecting buyers for thousands - their next evil plot.
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I completely agree with this. Thomas Kinkade has nice stuff, nothing spectacular in my opinion, but nice. However it is the establishment that backs the prints and the industry of Thomas Kinkade that I find to be evil. I have no beef with Kinkade himself though. In fact the art that he's less known for is actually really good.
This industry exploits the fact that the artist is Christian to sell his paintings. He, in turn, puts small "secret" messages and symbols in his paintings to prove that he does have Christian themes in his paintings. Then of course they label him as "the painter of light." Only a small portion of his paintings actually have a strong Christian subject matter in them. Most are his fancy gnome cottages with secret crosses and messages embedded in them.
Exploiting the fact that he's Christian to sell his paintings bothers me. Kind of reminds me of when Jesus went into the temple and overturned the vendors tables.
I'm Christian and I find that using these types of sales tactics is in fact evil.