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Designer Scott Wilson, the brains behind the $13 iBelieve iPod-crucifix-lanyard, said it celebrates both Jesus and the iPod. Asked if it was genuinely Christian, or a comment on the popularity of ipods, Wilson replied: “It is both. People will see what they want in it. They may want to visibly show their faith in a […]
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Designer Scott Wilson, the brains behind the $13 iBelieve iPod-crucifix-lanyard, said it celebrates both Jesus and the iPod.

Asked if it was genuinely Christian, or a comment on the popularity of ipods, Wilson replied:

"It is both. People will see what they want in it. They may want to visibly show their faith in a more fashionable way. The intertwined meaning is what is interesting. I think we are obsessed with objects today and none more than maybe the iPod. The idea was too funny, controversial, sad, not to visualize."

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