I took a risk and left Texas for a week. "Why, LSP, did you do that?" Because I had to go to a conference just outside of St. Louis, at Our Lady of the Snows Shrine, in Belleville, Illinois. It was a good event and focused, primarily, on prayer.
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The present Shrine was built in the late 1960s, I think, and features a "Peace Pole." Maybe you think that Peace Poles are harmless.
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Think again.
LSP
I was at Cedarbrake (a Catholic retreat center) today and walked the labyrinth. At some point it crossed my mind that you might be appalled! :) But this adds perspective. Harmless peace poles, harmless labyrinths...
ReplyDeleteRemember the film "Labyrinth" with David Bowie? Need we say more.
ReplyDeleteMinotar in the labyrinth?
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Peace Pole?
Peace poles? Appalled.
ReplyDeleteSlay that calf.
ReplyDeleteDavid Bowie? Is there life on Mars? As in, "Where's the Archbishop of Canterbury's head at?"
ReplyDeletegood grief. it's a winding path of crushed granite!
ReplyDeleteshall I check under my bed for monsters, too? historically, that's where they abide... How can I possibly sleep in peace knowing that?
Sleep doesn't always come easy.
ReplyDeletehe tore down the altars and the Asherah poles and crushed the idols to powder and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout Israel. Then he went back to Jerusalem
ReplyDeleteThe time for chain saws?
Peace Poles why not Wickermen? Today the Church of England will officially become Pagan. The Islamic Fundamentalists will see this as an act of divine intervention, apart from the hand of God what else could explain the Anglican Church in England's desire to publically commit suicide?
ReplyDeleteFire up the chainsaws, jack!
ReplyDeleteGood call, Anonymous.
ReplyDeletePeace poles too Buddhist for my tastes. Prayers don't reach heaven by carving them into a stick of wood.
ReplyDeleteLet them take their peace poles to the middle east and see how that works...
ReplyDeleteYou know what they say, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill it."
ReplyDeleteBrighid, I was thinking the very same thing...
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of wickermen and peace poles in front of ever C of E. At the same time, the cross has to go because if you are going to pagan, there is no need of a reference to Christ. It would send a strong signal of the change of direction and might improve attendance if people knew that there were copious amounts of wine, togas and naked dance troupes circulating through the archdiocese.
ReplyDeleteThe new theme of the Arch Bishop of Canterbury should be "Toss the Cross"!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that people would feel far more welcomed in the building if they knew that there were no more annoying and inconvenient rules of conduct.
Religious institutions perpetuate a mortal master-servant relationship by creating an arena that attracts prideful human power seekers with all of their near sighted prejudices.
ReplyDeleteBecause of "infallibility" of God's vicar on Earth, it's more intense and insidious than governments are usually able to muster.
I am a man of faith but I'm also a man who mistrusts the motivations of mortal men.
There is a subtle difference between being a servant unto God and a servant unto his servants.
ReplyDeleteLike the new Justin "Dobby" Welby slogan -- has a certain ring to it.
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