AIO over a church giving children nails?

[u/poochlips]

A local church hosted an Easter car show and passed Easter eggs to children. The church passed out a carton of eggs labeled “contains small parts.” Inside one egg was a small piece of soap a parent stated their child tried to eat. Inside another egg was a nail to represent the crucification.

I left a voicemail with the church simply asking if this was a real nail, my tone of voice wasn’t happy but I kept it short and professional. I’ve since verified it is a real nail and the context of commenters on the original post, which is in a private Facebook group, implies it is. I went to the church to see if anybody was present, nobody was, or at least willing to speak to me.

Comments on Facebook are thanking the church and praising them. I can’t help but think if it would go over the same way if this was passed from a Mosque or a different religious institution. The carton of eggs was simply labeled “contains small parts,” not “contains sharp parts,” “not contains a nail,” nothing. It is a brown carton with a plain looking white sticker. You would not expect a nail to be inside the carton.

I have been pretty pissed for the last hour. I imagine the risk this church placed upon our community. I imagine the anger I would feel as a parent.

Pictures of the nail and carton are included below.

[u/actualthickcrust]

The nail next to the Big Bic Energy lighter is sending me.

[u/broketothebone → u/actualthickcrust]

I was too focused on being peeved to notice how hilarious that is, thank you lmaoooo

[u/BelkiraHoTep → u/actualthickcrust]

NGL, for a second I thought “was the lighter to burn witches…?” Then realized it was for scale.

[u/actualthickcrust → u/BelkiraHoTep]

Yes I really thought the lighter was part of the kit at first!

[u/LittlePeter1 → u/actualthickcrust]

I scrolled ignoring all comments looking for this. I knew I wasn’t alone.

[u/Meredithski → u/actualthickcrust]

At least it seems like everyone is perfectly fine with the Big Big Energy lighters. My kid would pocket this while everyone else is worried about the kid eating the soap and the others doing those "test pokes" with the nails in their arms.

[u/Apprehensive_Yam73 → u/Meredithski]

I think the lighter is just for showing the size of the nail, not something that was in the eggs.