Author Topic: Seeing Green (Read 4345 times)

Desmond · « **Reply #15 on:** April 01, 2016, 08:24:02 AM »

Quote from: Nadir

:mad:I've never heard a leprechaun blaspheme; besides we are not protestants here.

It starts with "harmless" "cute" woodland creatures and then you end up LARPing Lord of the Rings in the woods dressed up as a she-elf with a bunch of fat Wiccans.

AlligatorDicax · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2016, 03:20:23 PM »

Quote from: Desmond the Bible-Thumper (Mar 29, 2016, 3:16 pm)

Little green goblins (or whatever they are) are [...] unbiblical.

Sigh. So where is it that you see them depicted in a religious context? E.g.: inside a church or shrine?

If you believe that it would benefit the Catholic Faith to organize a crusade against creatures that're unbiblical, but abundant in a religious context, you need to look no farther than the winged nude infants that are customarily misidentified as "cherubs", which are the same creatures as the Hebrew plural "cherubim". They've infested religious paintings and sculpture, including numerous great churches of Christendom, for many centuries, at least as far back as mediæval times. Quite a lot of devout Marian art depicts such winged infants, typically with a degree of modesty more like Botticelli's "Venus" than a Blessed Virgin.

That the customary images are plainly unbiblical should be clear after reading the 1908 article "Cherubim", by Arendzen in the Catholic Encyclopedia: <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03646c.htm>.

Quote from: Nadir the Garlic Eater (Mar 31, 2016, 13:59 am)

[...] besides we are not protestants here.

At times I wonder. We seem to have several neopuritans here. Not having seen the recent exchange until today, I quickly looked to see if Desmond's posting was dated as April Fools' Day: Nope.

Desmond · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2016, 03:29:26 PM »

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Sigh. So where is it that you see them depicted in a religious context? E.g.: inside a church or shrine?

No, their very existence is.

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If you believe that it would benefit the Catholic Faith to organize a crusade against creatures that're unbiblical, but abundant in a religious context, you need to look no farther than the winged nude infants that are customarily misidentified as "cherubs", which are the same creatures as the Hebrew plural "cherubim". They've infested religious paintings and sculpture, including numerous great churches of Christendom, for many centuries, at least as far back as mediæval times. Quite a lot of devout Marian art depicts such winged infants, typically with a degree of modesty more like Botticelli's "Venus" than a Blessed Virgin.

I wholeheartedly agree and support your crusade. What can we actually do about it?
Cherubs are basically pagan cupids and therefore abominable.

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That the customary images are plainly unbiblical should be clear after reading the 1908 article "Cherubim", by Arendzen in the Catholic Encyclopedia: <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03646c.htm>.

Very interesting, I'll try to read it soon.

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At times I wonder. We seem to have several neopuritans here.

What's wrong with being figurative neopuritans anyway?

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Not having seen the recent exchange until today, I quickly looked to see if Desmond's posting was dated as April Fools' Day: Nope.

Why? Because I and others do not use the "whatever hey we're catholic" excuse to indulge ourselves both in mind or body with thoughts and activities God surely disapproves of?

Because we do not "play the game" and try to be as lenient as possible and do the littlest effort possible to assure our Salvation?

I'm betting many people will have a very shocking and brutal awakening when their time comes...