I was just reading Robert's blog. Okay, I know, I was just over reading about tomato gardens and garden hoses on TC's blog and really needed a change. Anything please! So, I thought, "I'll check out Robert's blog."
Here's what I learnt...
- A church without graven images can be very bland.
- You will find plenty of graven images in Sunday school rooms and the foyers of some churches.
- The Catholic church has no problem with graven images.
- The Catholic church knows that God was just talking about worshipping Golden Cows and other evil entities!
So, evil entities are different from graven images.
Graven images are carved idols or representations of a god used as an object of worship. (I looked that up.)
It appears that evil entities are things like golden cows.
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| Robert presents us with this example. |
The trouble is that, on closer inspection, this golden cow looks awfully like a golden bull.
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Why are golden cows evil and golden bulls not?
Has a golden bull been downgraded, by the Catholic church, to a graven image?
Okay, let's be fair, maybe God used the word 'cow' to mean all herbivores - goats, sheep and the rest?
But specifying the female of a species seems clumsy for an all knowing being. It sounds a bit like females are the troublemakers. Did this path of thought go right back to Eve biting the apple first?
There doesn't seem to be a lot of differences between graven images and evil entities. I wonder how churches that display graven images make the call that they are okay to be in a church foyer or a Sunday school?
Okay, I accept that we probably don't want bland churches, if that's what all of this is hanging on. However, it does appear that the bland church that Robert is talking about was the first one he visited - to clean, not to pray. Presbyterian?
That would sort of imply that Catholic churches allow in 'naughty' images to outdo their competitors. Remember that both churches are worshiping the same bloke.
I wonder if the Presbyterians know that their cleaner is from the other side?
Maybe Robert will explain?
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Was this inspired by your “bullshit” comments on my blog.
I’m pleased that you wrote this post as I was confused by the strange post that Robert wrote. It seemed to contradict itself in saying that his god disapproved of graven images unless they were about him but, assuming his catholic guise, disapproves of non catholic Christian churches not having graven images. Weird.
So, it seems that Robert is happy with what I have said.
Well, that's good.
“I’m happy, hope you’re happy too.”
David Bowie ‘Ashes to Ashes’.
https://youtu.be/HyMm4rJemtI
You were certainly keen for us to listen to that. You can get on with your life now.
OK but my mother said to get things done you’d better not mess with Major Tom.
Is that a variety of tomato?
Your horticulture knowledge is on a par with mine.
Hey! I can teach you how to make a garden planter if you want.
Thanks heaps for the offer but firstly I'd really like to taste the water in an unflushed toilet. Thanks though for the offer. I'll try to get back to you. Some time.
Well, it’s just as well that you’re used to the taste of unflushed toilet water given the cleanskin Chardonnay you drink but that’s all I’m saying on the subject.*
*Not really.
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