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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Primus on April 19, 2005, 11:24:06 am

Title: Virgin Mary Under a Freeway Underpass
Post by: Primus on April 19, 2005, 11:24:06 am: Yeah (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/050418/ids_photos_ts/r505517448.jpg)
Well, I'm happy that the people there have a new place to pray...
I for one would choose the church.
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Post by: Falcon on April 19, 2005, 11:36:02 am: ............
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Post by: Flipside on April 19, 2005, 11:56:12 am: Oh mighty conglomeration of pertrol fumes without whom we would be naught......
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Post by: WeatherOp on April 19, 2005, 12:08:41 pm: At Least they ain't preying to the Sandwitch.:lol:
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Post by: Flipside on April 19, 2005, 12:17:09 pm: This has always confused me anyway, I thought the First Commandment strictly forbade this, the Christian Cross even Jesus, though, I suspect that would be a special case scenario. Much as Islam forbids the use of symbolism (hence the crescent and star flag used to symbolise Islam is not actually legal under Islamic Law) the same goes for graven images in Judaism/Christianity?
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Post by: aldo_14 on April 19, 2005, 03:50:30 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Flipside
This has always confused me anyway, I thought the First Commandment strictly forbade this, the Christian Cross even Jesus, though, I suspect that would be a special case scenario. Much as Islam forbids the use of symbolism (hence the crescent and star flag used to symbolise Islam is not actually legal under Islamic Law) the same goes for graven images in Judaism/Christianity?

I know there are some people (hardcore baptists, I [think)that think that; and indeed extend it to 'worship' of the Pope in the Roman Catholic church.

Although.... you'd have to be pretty desperate to worship that; it's like praying to a Rorschach ink blob.
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Post by: Flipside on April 19, 2005, 05:38:36 pm: LOL it is more than a wee bit obscure.

So Christianity is like the Roman Religions then, simply picking and choosing the parts that suit it at the time and not applying what isn't even if it was the first rule given to Moses by God on Mt Sinai?

Edit : Not accusing here, there isn't a religion in history that hasn't, but strikes me as odd, the Cross has certainly struck me as a perfect example of what God didn't want people worshipping, a situation where the symbol becomes more important than what it represents.
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Post by: Sandwich on April 19, 2005, 05:48:56 pm: Those people need to get a life.

And on a more diplomatic note, taking such specimens as representative of Christianity is like taking DS as the representative of the FS community. :rolleyes:
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Post by: KappaWing on April 19, 2005, 05:57:55 pm: Gullibilty knows no limits...
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Post by: IceFire on April 19, 2005, 06:03:42 pm: The toast was more convincing.
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Post by: phreak on April 19, 2005, 09:41:33 pm: anyone in chicago willing to go down there and spray pentagrams all over the wall?
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Post by: redmenace on April 19, 2005, 10:08:31 pm: PhReAk, you're evil.
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Post by: MatthewPapa on April 19, 2005, 10:12:59 pm: *takes out powerwasher*
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Post by: Night Hammer on April 19, 2005, 10:15:40 pm: Quote
Originally posted by PhReAk
anyone in chicago willing to go down there and spray pentagrams all over the wall?

:lol:
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Post by: aldo_14 on April 20, 2005, 04:35:52 am: Quote
Originally posted by Flipside
LOL it is more than a wee bit obscure.

So Christianity is like the Roman Religions then, simply picking and choosing the parts that suit it at the time and not applying what isn't even if it was the first rule given to Moses by God on Mt Sinai?

Edit : Not accusing here, there isn't a religion in history that hasn't, but strikes me as odd, the Cross has certainly struck me as a perfect example of what God didn't want people worshipping, a situation where the symbol becomes more important than what it represents.

All religions tend to be 'corrupted' by at least some of their followers, I think. It's arguably human nature to simplify things by symbolising them....
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Title: Virgin Mary Under a Freeway Underpass
Post by: StratComm on April 21, 2005, 04:53:14 pm: I want to know how you did that.

No, I'm serious. That's awesome :p
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Post by: Flipside on April 21, 2005, 04:53:50 pm: Looks like half of Spacedock ;)
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 04:54:52 pm: Serious Overcompensation with that gun, sarny. :p
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Post by: Liquid Fire on April 21, 2005, 05:02:45 pm: Is it just me or does the virgin mary look like a guy who needs sleep?
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Post by: Martinus on April 21, 2005, 05:03:19 pm: [color=66ff00]*Looks at Sandwich's post...*
I call for recognition of this thread where our lord Jesus first appeared playing a Bass guitar.

Henceforth all rock music will be a holy interpretation of his words.
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Post by: Sandwich on April 21, 2005, 05:15:32 pm: :wtf: at all you guys.

Stratcomm: not complicated; type in "ascii art" into Google and click the first result.

Flipside and Maeg: click the little man in green in my avatar... :wtf:

Raa: Now you reali-errr.... nothing. :D
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 05:16:45 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich

Raa: Now you reali-errr.... nothing. :D

:lol:
Title: Virgin Mary Under a Freeway Underpass
Post by: Flipside on April 21, 2005, 05:17:39 pm: LOL Yes, I know what it is I was just saying what it looked like :p
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Post by: StratComm on April 21, 2005, 05:17:54 pm: Ok, duh. I always underestimate the power of Google.
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Post by: Martinus on April 21, 2005, 05:19:49 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
Flipside and Maeg: click the little man in green in my avatar... :wtf:

[color=66ff00]I'm well aware of what it is, I'm trying to point out that with a bit of imagination...

note to self, try to be more simple funnay. ;)
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Post by: Flipside on April 21, 2005, 05:22:42 pm: Sometimes I really wish more people understood my jokes....

But then I'd probably be in trouble a lot more often in here if they did ;)
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 05:24:13 pm
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Post by: StratComm on April 21, 2005, 05:26:45 pm: Congrats Raa, you broke my browser :p
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Post by: Flipside on April 21, 2005, 05:29:10 pm: Damn, that animation kills my browser, it refuses to scroll beyond it :(
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 05:30:25 pm: lol! I have no idea what's up. I can't edit the post to get rid of the animation! :lol:

FF, and IE both stop the page at the end of the iframe! :D
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 05:31:09 pm: Raa! Nuker of Threads!
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Post by: Kie99 on April 21, 2005, 05:53:49 pm: What the hell did you do to the bottom of the thread?
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Post by: vyper on April 21, 2005, 06:04:48 pm: You ****wit you broke the tables!
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Post by: Flipside on April 21, 2005, 06:06:12 pm: Dammit, I still can't scroll beyond that bloody animation :(
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 06:06:15 pm: All I did was <br /><br />:nervous:<br /><br />
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Post by: vyper on April 21, 2005, 06:13:44 pm: FIND THE EDIT LINK IN THE SOURCE CODE (WHICH UR NOW LOOKING AT I HOPE) AND USE THAT.

You didn't close the frigging iframe tag!
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Post by: vyper on April 21, 2005, 06:14:15 pm: fixed it but gave u my siggy... lmfao
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 06:14:42 pm: You also lost the 5 posts in between. :p
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Post by: StratComm on April 21, 2005, 06:18:25 pm: Yay for standards compliance!

or not :nervous:
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 06:19:28 pm: lol. I had to type in every post id after the first iframe to find them both :p

Happy, now? Vyper? :p
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Post by: Flipside on April 21, 2005, 06:20:50 pm: LOL What makes me laugh is the fact that not only did we manage to have a legible conversation without being able to see each others responses, but the fact we carried on posting responses even though we couldn't read them ;)
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 06:23:04 pm: You can read the responses by hitting post reply. ;)

But then, we're all mind readers anyway. :p
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Post by: vyper on April 21, 2005, 07:16:18 pm: ****in hell I didn't think of that I just viewed the source the replied... erm... anyway, yes, well fixed now Raa. :)
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Post by: Knight Templar on April 21, 2005, 07:37:07 pm: I think the toast was more realistic.
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Post by: phreak on April 21, 2005, 10:12:54 pm: so when did the admins turn HTML back on?
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Post by: Taristin on April 21, 2005, 10:18:04 pm: When you weren't looking.
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Post by: Ford Prefect on April 21, 2005, 10:27:39 pm: Works fine here. Quite intriguing, too.
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Post by: Bobboau on April 21, 2005, 10:45:11 pm: I see Elvis
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Post by: WMCoolmon on April 21, 2005, 10:53:42 pm: What episode was that from?

It looks like it's Daniel.
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Post by: Carl on April 21, 2005, 10:58:50 pm: Not only does that freeway underpass salt stain not look like Mary, it doesn't even look like a person.
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Post by: Ace on April 21, 2005, 11:55:11 pm: (http://www.savant-online.net/graphics/robo_j_sad.png)
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Post by: Night Hammer on April 21, 2005, 11:59:25 pm: :wtf::lol:
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Post by: Sandwich on April 22, 2005, 05:17:12 pm: Ace, you worry me sometimes.

...no, scratch that. Ace, you worry me.
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Post by: kode on April 22, 2005, 05:23:36 pm: me, for one, think it's a ****ing miracle. virgin mary! fo' sho'!

I need to go on a pilgrimage. yes. maybe I could just go to the closest viaduct and look for something resembling the holy ghost.