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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Catholic here, and I"m surprised at the discussion of "gory crosses."   Most (not all) of the crucifixes I have seen show very little or no blood.  Yes, there are nails  through his hands and feet, but no blood showing.   In all my years as a Catholic child I never really realized or was told the gory details associated with being crucified.  I was well into adulthood before it even occurred to me.[/quote]

Even a little blood coming from nail holes in hands and feet is gory to someone who's not used to seeing it once a week, as big (or bigger) than life, as the centerpiece of an altar.  Did you ever do the stations of the cross as a child?  It's all about how Jesus was humiliated and tortured on the way to his death.  
#10 is Jesus is stripped of his garments and #11 is  Jesus is nailed to the cross[/quote]

My DC handle Stations of the Cross just fine as does every other child I see there.[/quote]

Of course, they're used to it.  See what happens when you bring in a kid who doesn't know that their playmates worship a guy with bleeding holes in his hands and feet, wearing what looks like a diaper and hanging from a cross[/quote]

Children are able to accept a lot more than we give them credit for if given context and support.[/quote]

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