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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so tired of folks who whine about the Catholic Church and yet no so little about it...  If their yoga teacher told them to read a book about Vishnu, they would do it, but they prefer to bloviate about the Church rather than actually see what it is like.

there are PLENTY of Catholic parishes where OP would be perfectly comfortable, assuming that is that OP actually has some bona fide interest in attending a church (as opposed to kvetching).[/quote]

Is there a listing of Catholic Churches that do not have Crucifixes?  I once saw one in VA that had a huge risen (or perhaps rising) Christ on the Altar.  Don't remember its name -- was there for a concert.   The statue was completely dressed, in long robes.[/quote]

This is St. Luke's in McLean.  But the focus is still the same in that parish. It is a hard-core Catholic parish.  I grew up in it.  I am glad it gave me a solid grounding my faith.  
This conversation has taken the weirdest turn. [b] I had no idea that Protestants were so squeamish about this.[/b]  I feel like I am having a conversation with my 2-year-old who doesn't like onions, or something similarly childish and illogical.  Like, spiders.  Or, ooh, bugs.  Grow up, people, and like a previous poster said, do some reading and educating yourself about Catholicism before you bloviate about it.  People always say they like to have "open minds" and be "liberal" and "accepting of those who think differently" until it comes to the Catholic Church.  It's so crazy to me.[/quote]

Squeamish? comparing a not liking to see a man nailed to a cross to an 2 year old not liking onions? Seems quite out of touch to me.

What if Christ had been executed  in the twentieth century? -- would you feel OK about wearing a pendent with a tiny man tied to an electric chair?  What if it were in different historical times and he was tied to a stake with flames engulfing him or leaned over a chopping block with his head freshly removed?  Feeling squeamish yet?[/quote]

But Christ didn't die in the 20th century. He was crucified. And [b]if you spend any time from a young age onward being exposed to religion, art, history, culture, it shouldn't be a new shocking image. [/b][b]

I almost applaud you for thinking you can discredit the crucifix after all his time ... here .. on DCUM. [/quote]

That's the whole point that's being made -- Christians - especially Catholics - are so used to seeing these gory images that it's not shocking.  But the concept of depicting a painful death IS quite shocking when seen in terms of modern methods, whose images are not exploited.[/quote]

I'm not going to debate this. We hold the image of Christ's crucifixion differently than you do. This little thread isn't even scratching the surface of our differences. I can see that it would be shocking for some, but that reaction isn't universal. Don't know what else to say about it.[/quote]

Seems like you were fine with debating it, until you ran out of debating points -- which is OK, because religion is ultimately not about who has the best argument -- it's about faith.[/quote]

I'm sure that's what you believe about me. Very sure.[/quote]

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