That link is actually a pretty wild ride. Excerpt: "Father Jerome of Texo, of the Society of Jesus, rejoiced in the name of slave of Mary; and, as a mark of servitude, went often to visit her in some church dedicated in her honor. On reaching the church, he poured out abundant tears of tenderness and love for Mary; then prostrating, he licked and rubbed the pavement with his tongue and face, kissing it a thousand times, because it was the house of his beloved Lady".
If I recall correctly the bible said not to worship the idols themselves or other gods through idols.
The way many orthodox christians interpret this is that it's ok to have religious symbols or icons as long as you use them as tools of worship and not worship them.
I'd imagine they may not be particularly noisy neighbours for the most part though. Could be far far worse, I'd much rather live next to this than have gang members for neighbours
There’s two !exchristian communities, @lemmy.world and lemmy.one but they’re both dead at the moment. Same for exmormon@lemmyworld. You should start one!
Ex BT engr here. Sorry to be pedantic, but that's a carrier pole. It keeps the dropwire up in the air from the main pole (Distibution Point or DP) to the customer.
I was raised catholic, I’m heterosexual and OP. I don’t find crosses creepy, I do find OTT shrines creepy. Shrines to anything, not just Christian iconography. I also find overly realistic crucifixes creepy, as I commented elsewhere.
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I feel like whoever buys this should turn the garden into a satanic shrine, just to balance things out.
I mean, it’s already a pretty good Pagan nature temple.
This is true! It just needs a sacred tree and a few triskellions to complete the look.
And loads and loads of wild flowers and "weeds" like dandelions.
Indeed!
BB
Paint it, have it appraised for many moneys, hang it there and watch the neighbour somehow ruin it. Claim damages for many money.
Excellent place for a gay bar.
Seems fitting, Jesus loved saying "Ah... Men"
The garden might be in Ireland, so it could be Eamonn.
Is it raining?
Start a war!
A fabulous war.
I am not well versed in religion but wasn't it their god that said not to idolize him ?
It’s fine, they’re mostly idolising his mum.
Mariolatry!
That link is actually a pretty wild ride. Excerpt: "Father Jerome of Texo, of the Society of Jesus, rejoiced in the name of slave of Mary; and, as a mark of servitude, went often to visit her in some church dedicated in her honor. On reaching the church, he poured out abundant tears of tenderness and love for Mary; then prostrating, he licked and rubbed the pavement with his tongue and face, kissing it a thousand times, because it was the house of his beloved Lady".
Yeah simps aren't new !
If I recall correctly the bible said not to worship the idols themselves or other gods through idols.
The way many orthodox christians interpret this is that it's ok to have religious symbols or icons as long as you use them as tools of worship and not worship them.
He actually told them not to worship “false” idols. Idols of his family are fine.
Having a ton of crucifixes up on a wall gets a lot funnier if you see them as hunting trophies.
Each one claimed by slaying a goosafix
Turns out Jesus has come back hundreds of times, so why don’t we ever see him?
One word: Ethel.
Or treasure signs. X marks the spot...
Crazy lives there. It pretends to not be crazy by saying “God” all the time.
Jesus Christ 😶
to me, this is a dichotomy of spiritual symbolism and worship of nature. I prefer the one on the right, personally.
Needs more wicker man.
I think it's all the blue, but it made me think of My Big Fat Greek wedding.
I'd imagine them being the judgiest neighbors ever. "Dont have sex too loud, the neighbors might hear us."
It would be an awful lot creepier if they were pictures of you.
Naked
A proper temple... 20ft baphomet, glowing pentagram, all of it...
Typical polish allotment garden be like
I'd imagine they may not be particularly noisy neighbours for the most part though. Could be far far worse, I'd much rather live next to this than have gang members for neighbours
I see one guy who doesn't need to mow
A bowl of punch is all that is missing.
I am more concerned about how long your grass is.
I suppose there is a certain sense of stick-to-itiveness to the décor
Is there a decent ex-Christian (not strictly athiest) community on here?
There’s two !exchristian communities, @lemmy.world and lemmy.one but they’re both dead at the moment. Same for exmormon@lemmyworld. You should start one!
Or start posting in the existing ones.
Sure. That’s why I linked them. I just dislike the way people created dozens and dozens of communities and then didn’t add any content.
That looks like a permanent ofrenda
That looks like a creepy cemetery.
Is that an electric pole on the left?
No, it's a telegraph pole on the right.
Ex BT engr here. Sorry to be pedantic, but that's a carrier pole. It keeps the dropwire up in the air from the main pole (Distibution Point or DP) to the customer.
I'll get me hi-vis.
Mow your lawn! Trim your hedges!
But the animals live there ._.
Oh no someone's different
Perhaps you have never been oppressed by professing Christians before?
I was raised catholic, I’m heterosexual and OP. I don’t find crosses creepy, I do find OTT shrines creepy. Shrines to anything, not just Christian iconography. I also find overly realistic crucifixes creepy, as I commented elsewhere.
This isn’t performative, this is a lightheaded community about weird estate agent photos. It’s not meant to be deep, just mildly amusing. If you find it so tiring, feel free not to interact with this community. If you’d like to continue to participate here, please read the rules in sidebar and refrain from bad faith arguments, unasked for criticism or insults in future. This is your warning.
Maybe not creepy; but you can admit, at the very least, off-putting.