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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 2:27 pm
Statues of Saint James whom Catholics lovingly call Saint James the Muslim Slaughterer and make long pilgrims to the statues of him slaughtering Muslims.
Like this one in the cathedral Santiago de Compostela
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And this one in the Cathedral of Burgos.
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And few other cathedrals.
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No wonder many Christians consider him to be Jesus' brother.
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 2:52 pm
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(June 20, 2021 at 2:27 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (June 20, 2021 at 1:56 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No, you didn’t. The Empire State Building is a little over 1400 feet high (including the dirigible mooring mast). The largest statue of Buddha in Japan is less than 400.
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Why?
There hasn't been a flying dirigible in almost 50 years.....
It'd be like having a hitching post in the McDonalds drive thru....
Why did they build a dirigible mooring mast when there haven't been dirigibles in 50 years? Maybe because the ESB was built 90 years ago, when people thought airships would be a thing. I believe it's used as a broadcast tower now.
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 3:09 pm
(June 20, 2021 at 11:00 am)Frank Apisa Wrote: Here is a picture of one of my favorite statues…a statue of Alice from Central Park, NYC.
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The statue is almost always covered with kids climbing on the bronze behemoth. Alice is a creature of fable…we know that.
I’m wondering how the atheists here feel about statues…particularly of fabled creatures.
Please share, if you will, a picture of a favorite piece of sculpture…particularly of a fabled creature?
I want one of these in my back yard...less the people, of course.
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 3:18 pm
The only reason she's sitting on that rock is that she's been nailed there.
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 3:42 pm
(June 20, 2021 at 3:13 pm)Angrboda Wrote: The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen. It's so wistful. She's pining for the Fjords.
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The Mermaid statue has been vandalized a few times. I think the latest was someone cut the head off.
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Who can forget the Floozie in the Jacuzzi:
Who was moved from her true home to make way for the 300 ft dildo, which has neither architectural nor artistic merit and was simply erected as compensation for various Irish politicians' endowments.
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 4:21 pm
Yeah, don't you ever feel like your head weighs half billion tons?
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 20, 2021 at 4:22 pm
(June 20, 2021 at 4:00 pm)Nomad Wrote: Who can forget the Floozie in the Jacuzzi:
Who was moved from her true home to make way for the 300 ft dildo, which has neither architectural nor artistic merit and was simply erected as compensation for various Irish politicians' endowments.
Or the tart with the cart:
![[Image: image.jpg]](https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3597684.1534367534!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/ratio_1x1_w1200/image.jpg)
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RE: A picture of a statue
June 21, 2021 at 7:31 am
(June 20, 2021 at 3:42 pm)Sal Wrote: (June 20, 2021 at 3:13 pm)Angrboda Wrote: The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen. It's so wistful. She's pining for the Fjords.
The Mermaid statue has been vandalized a few times. I think the latest was someone cut the head off.
I read somewhere that the head has been cut off that statue several times.
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