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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

The catholic day, catholic week, catholic year is all centered on the stations and crucifixion. On the suffering for us.

If thats not for you its not for you. Please don't try to sanitize the catholic church because you find it "triggering".

Just find a different religion.

Catholics are hardcore.  :wink: [/quote]

I'm sorry, but what?  I don't know any hardcore Catholics.  Please don't disparage those of us who actually try to live our faith day in and day out with that nonsense.[/quote]

Really?  You don't know any hardcore Catholics?   Do you ever go to mass?   Which Diocese?   [/quote]

I'm not Catholic.  However, my Catholic friends rarely attend mass, vote pro-choice and pro-gay marriage, and use birth control.  Regardless of your feelings on those things, that's hardly hard core.[/quote]

I am Catholic. ADW. Go to church in Rockville. Go to mass. Am pro equality for everything, including marriage, used birth control.[b] I have never had my child mention "blood" on the crucifix[/b].[/quote]

As mentioned earlier, if a child is used to it, because it's all they've ever seen for as long as they can remember,  they're not likely to think of it as as being unusual or "gory."

It might be interesting if you pointed out the blood and the holes in the hands and feet and asked him/her about it.[/quote]

Exactly... I would literally have to walk them up to the crucifix and point it out to them for them to notice.

I will ask them though... When they wake up.[/quote]

brainwashing through fear and guilt

"Look at what Jesus did for us!  He died on the cross for us!"  [/quote]

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