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Paul Kegan
I don't remember that one.
The Virgin Mary
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surreybrowncap
“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand"
philosophical
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An old one and not mine.
But somebody once destroyed the arms of the sacred come to life statue of our Lady of Knock with an axe, the question is why didn’t she move out of the way.
But somebody once destroyed the arms of the sacred come to life statue of our Lady of Knock with an axe, the question is why didn’t she move out of the way.
Because it was a statue.
The figures were sculpted by the renowned Italian sculptor, Professor Lorenzo Ferri in 1960. The statuary was commissioned by the Knock Shrine Society.
The apparition at Knock took place in 1879.
It was not "statue come to life"..;because there were no statues. They were built 81 years later to represent what was seen by 15 people.
Eta...we Irish Catholics usually prefer to blow up statues of public figures than those of Mary. I think your "story" is about the Pentacostalist (Protestants) who damaged the statue of Our Lady at Ballinspittle because they were protesting against "Idolatry" (which isn't actually what Catholocs do)
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Humberto
anthropocene participant
Man you guys are hilarious.
PTK
Paul Kegan
Are there, or have there been, and religions that engage in idolatry? How do we define idolatry?
Cid
Proper break this time
That's AI dude. There is no humanity in there at all.
(for more tangible evidence, see the hands)
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PTK
Paul Kegan
Has anyone literally worshipped a statue?
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
During the Reformation, statues were destroyed because the powers that be considered them idolatrous.
As far as I understand it, muslims never have pictures or statues of their prophets, as they think it's wrong.
As far as I understand it, muslims never have pictures or statues of their prophets, as they think it's wrong.
philosophical
Well-Known Member
I stand corrected and enlightened. I simply had a vague memory of a stand up routine I once heard.
PTK
Paul Kegan
People today put garlands of flowers on statues.
Cid
Proper break this time
You said it was 'quite stunning'. It's a simulacrum of art. An averaged value with no intent or imagination behind it. To put it in more religious terms, it's soulless. Art isn't just a surface level image, it's an act of interpretation... Think that's also sort of what pisses me off about the Luke myth; what the artwork actually is, who painted it and why, its fundamental humanity is just flattened out and wedged into a Luke-shaped hole.
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
So, it’s not “stunning” after all, then? You retract that?
bcuster
Well-Known Member
It's visually appealing. It's not great art & now that the air has has let out of my balloon by the Urban cynics, yes; it is not stunning....
bcuster
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Today!
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Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Franciscan Media
This feast is a counterpart to the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus: both have the possibility of uniting people easily divided on other matters. Mary encourages us to cooperate with Jesus in building a peace based on justice.
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ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
She has a lot of Feast Days!
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary | MaryPages
Feasts Days of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
www.marypages.com
She's eating for two!
(Or three or four, depending on your view of theological niceties.)
bcuster
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Protestant claptrap. Lord Cromwell would give this post a
Even Martin Luther didn't believe this
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bcuster
Well-Known Member
Well said
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
He's not protestant. He's an agnostic biblical scholar.Protestant claptrap. Lord Cromwell would give this post a
Even Martin Luther didn't believe this
PTK
Paul Kegan
Roman Catholics have been known to clothe statues of saints.
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