“It is very disturbing to see.”
That’s only because you insist upon remaining willfully ignorant.
To you and others there might be an inner need to have these before you in order perhaps to heighten your worship in some way. perhaps a sense of comfort or that one is not alone...much as a youngster might need a soft teddy-bear or an oldster a warm blanket type of feel. I have heard some speak of that. But for others not only are these monuments and forms unnecessary but they are an intrusion into the free-flowing communication between Christ and the individual....more a distraction.
Frankly I am not one who enjoys the Renaissance art works from which many of these art forms are taken...although I can appreciate the style of the artist as has been seen in other works not depicting a religious figure or person, but they sometimes are actually disfigured and odd looking.
Come to think of it there is quite a bit of nudity and seductive poses in much of the art work and figures in catholic cathedrals and churches... which if one thinks about the celibacy requirements for Priests, and those with homosexual issues this isn't exactly the best art work to be hanging around. Just a thought as we all know men are visually stimlated./p> So you see we view this from a different perspective so if these art forms give you a sense of comfort etc. well there really isn't anything wrong with that I suppose.