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 think I prefer kitschy than the hyper realistic crucifix paintings/statues. The one at my church when I was a kid was terrifying - I’d always drag my mum to the side where peaceful Mary was rather than tortured Jesus!
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.
Perhaps I’m not a gay man in a majorly Christian Orthodox country that has some pretty choice views of homosexuality?
If only it were thus…
Nevertheless, there’s nothing creepy about crosses and you know it. The fact Christian churches have some nasty views on some issues doesn’t make their iconography creepy.
I grew up around icons and other Christian accoutrements. I don’t find them scary. Neither do you.