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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2021, 05:45:20 PM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on July 19, 2021, 03:57:56 PM
    A Vietnamese lady of the chapel was asked to do housecleaning for the new priest. She saw the idol, ran out of the house and told another Vietnamese chapel member who does odd jobs for all the priests. He went in to fix something and took the photo.
    αnσnymσus poster, αnσnymσus priest, and an αnσnymσus Vietnamese lady. What’s wrong with this picture?
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #16 on: July 19, 2021, 05:46:15 PM »
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    • That was me: Anonymous poster, anonymous priest, and an anonymous Vietnamese lady. What’s wrong with this picture?
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #17 on: July 19, 2021, 05:56:08 PM »
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    • Quote from: Quo vadis Domine on July 19, 2021, 05:46:15 PM
    That was me: αnσnymσus poster, αnσnymσus priest, and an αnσnymσus Vietnamese lady. What’s wrong with this picture?
    Are you suggesting that wadded up pants on the table with a check and what looks like receipts doesn't just scream "traditional priest"?
    I wonder where this picture really comes from?
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #18 on: July 19, 2021, 06:46:11 PM »
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    • Quote from: 2Vermont on July 19, 2021, 04:24:37 PM
    Couldn't that be the Virgin Mary?
    That was my first thought when I saw the statue, 2V. I have never seen a buddha pose like that.
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #19 on: July 19, 2021, 08:11:24 PM »
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    • Quote from: Quo vadis Domine on July 19, 2021, 05:46:15 PM
    That was me: αnσnymσus poster, αnσnymσus priest, and an αnσnymσus Vietnamese lady. What’s wrong with this picture?
    Something screamed troll to me.  That's why I preferred to give the so-called trad priest the benefit of the doubt.  I tried to find a similar image on the internet but could not find one.
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #20 on: July 19, 2021, 08:15:35 PM »
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    • In defense of the priest, the way the supposed Buddha is holding his right hand is also how the Catholic priest holds his     hands during Mass after the consecration. Not saying it is not a Buddha. Just to give the benefit of the doubt.
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #21 on: July 19, 2021, 10:09:00 PM »
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    • I’m new to posting but I’ve read CI for about three years. I want to say this seems odd to me because it doesn’t seem to have a point. It’s obvious to me that that’s an idol and I doubt a priest wouldn’t realize this. That being said what’s the motive of the post? It accomplishes nothing. It doesn’t expose the priest to help people avoid and the priest wasn’t corrected to help him? So what is the motive of the person who posted this? 

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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #22 on: July 19, 2021, 10:41:00 PM »
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    • Good question, Kasey.

    On enlarging the image, I see the person holds in the left hand what appears to be a small round object - ball? apple? - while the right hand is raised almost to shoulder height, with fingers raised except for the thumb and middle finger which are joined at their tips. Symbolism?

    I do not give the person a sex as it is difficult to say when it comes to asian features and apparel.

    Lots of unknowns here and noone to verify any of the inferences.

    What's with the beige pants on that otherwise tastefully decorated room. Whoever owns the home must be very well-heeled indeed!
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #23 on: July 20, 2021, 12:57:48 AM »
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    • It appears to be a statue of Kuan Yin, standing on a lotus flower.

    The ball is apparently called a wealth ball.

    https://www.thebuddhagarden.com/buddha-poses.html


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    One of the images most frequently confused to be an image of the Buddha are statues of the Chinese Boddhisattva Kuan Yin, as well as the male counterpart Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Both of these Boddhisattvas are important to the Buddhist cosmology, as they have forsaken the final step to Nirvana in order to help mankind reach enlightenment.

    But neither is, indeed, the historical Buddha.

    You are more likely to come across the female form of Kuan Yin in Chinese temples, while the male from of Avalokiteshvara is more commonly encountered in the Mahayana schools of Buddhism found in Nepal, Tibet, and India.




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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #24 on: July 20, 2021, 07:26:00 AM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on July 20, 2021, 12:57:48 AM
    It appears to be a statue of Kuan Yin, standing on a lotus flower.

    The ball is apparently called a wealth ball.

    https://www.thebuddhagarden.com/buddha-poses.html





    Yes, I see it now.  But she's standing.  
    Still, there is no proof that this was really in the home of a "trad priest".  I still think the Anonymous OP was/is a troll. 
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    « Reply #25 on: July 20, 2021, 08:55:40 AM »
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #26 on: July 21, 2021, 12:53:56 PM »
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    • I dont believe this and I think it is a ploy to make people click on malware.
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #27 on: July 21, 2021, 01:28:51 PM »
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    • Except it's not malware. The site is Post Images

    https://postimg.cc/R6GCpS9t
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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #28 on: July 21, 2021, 02:47:58 PM »
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    • Quote from: Änσnymσus on July 21, 2021, 12:53:56 PM
    I dont believe this and I think it is a ploy to make people click on malware.

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    Re: Photo of Buddhist altar of trad "Catholic" priest
    « Reply #29 on: July 25, 2021, 06:32:38 PM »
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    • Found this on another thread. It's Fr. Wiest (IF indeed he is a priest). No record of his existance.

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