He doesn’t think it’s anti-semitic. Same as Trump thinks that talking about “blood coming out of her wherever” isn’t misogynistic.
Enough, folks.
dougie_monty and all those participating in the debate about anti-Semitism, drop it or take it elsewhere. We have gotten far afield of the topic in the OP. This is an official instruction to all thread participants to end the thread hijack.
Thanks.
Getting back to the OP -
I’m not Roman Catholic, but we do have a statue of St. Francis in our garden very similar to this. He’s got a little bird on his shoulder and his holding an open bowl which serves as a little birdbath.
I like it. First, because I like to be reminded of heroes of the faith, and St. Francis was a particularly remarkable saint best known for his special concern with God’s creation as revealed by nature and the animal kingdom - so a little garden spot with plenty of birds and butterflies is delightfully appropriate. It’s also, from an aesthetic perspective, a pleasing piece of art IMO - like other people might enjoy a dragon or troll statue. It’s not an object of reverence or worship, and I have no concerns that it crosses any boundary into “graven image.”
On the other hand, we also have a statue of an angel, which was a gift from a beloved neighbor. However, we’re not as… fond of the angel statue, and it sits semi-hidden in the corner by the fence, partially obscured by a hibiscus.
Oops; just saw mod message; nm.
Well yes, but you are also culturally appropriating Native American culture which people don’t cotton to much these days and it is actually looked down upon as socially unacceptable.
I adopted St Francis of Assisi as my patron saint many years ago. I wore a very nice silver medal in his honor for years until it was lost in a tragic surfing incident.
Considering that the vocational counselor herself included this culture in her own ancestry, and was proud to say so, I considered it proper, as one of her clients, to adopt the adage and phrasing myself. If you know an equivalent term independent of that culture, by all means adduce it. Otherwise drop the subject; I could not find a metaphor that better describes the matter.
“Shoes”, maybe you’ve heard of them?
Well, I’m glad the only tragic loss appears to have been the medal. stares suspiciously at Fidelius’ location
Don’t you dare Junior Mod me. :mad:
And yes as The Great Kayaker said, “shoes”. Maybe you have a book from the 1950s that talks about them that you could research.
So I’ve heard. I assume you read the part of my post in which I mentioned the wall hanging in the counselor’s office; I might have preferred the poetic to the prosaic in this instance.
Let me try to be clearer. All thread participants are to cease any and all hijacks of this thread. This includes, but is not limited to, the current discussion between dougie_monty and Drunky Smurf. If you want to continue that, take it to another thread.
Further straying will lead to warnings.
Notice acknowledged.
If other people posting to this thread are interested, I will start a thread on this matter–in The BBQ Pit if that seems suitable. Or if someone else wants to start a pertinent thread, fine.
I apologize for my part in the hijack.
I’ll only add that you are no sorrier than I, my esteemed friend.
Well, what do we do now? We should start another post, perhaps even in another forum. Any suggestions?
Let’s ride bikes!
Statues are made from rock. Rock comes from quarries. I guess you lot could all go…
I have a Jesus action figure. Does that count as a religious statue?
(The funniest part is that the mold-marks from the injection-molding process are – among other places – in the palms of his hands, mimicking – I think coincidentally – the holy stigmata.)
I also have a very nice small-scale replica of the “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” the original probably being of religious origin.
Another question: is Michaelangelo’s “David” a religious statue, or a humanist one?
Well, look at it this way. Do you think David actually went around naked?