I need to be careful as this was started in a news section but has been moved to religion. So I don’t want to violate the rules of this forum.
But clearly the way some are acting on this thread reminds me of how muslims act when we burn a Koran. Yet we act like what’s the big deal...same should apply here. It’s not like they are killing God—they may be doing something sacrilegious to you; however, who cares. If the Catholic church thought it was critical they could excommunicate them—if they are catholic.
Once again this is a big to do about nothing. Once the items are no longer used in service and are sold in the open market then they are no longer meaningful for spiritual purposes (unless they are re-purposed for such things).
Is a cross that gets melted down and remade into something else a violation of your church? What if it gets made into a little buddah—is it now bad? What if a buddah is melted and made into a cross? Or what happens to holy water that evaporates and eventually falls to the earth as rain?
You wrote:
“Once again this is a big to do about nothing.”
False.
“Once the items are no longer used in service and are sold in the open market then they are no longer meaningful for spiritual purposes (unless they are re-purposed for such things).”
Again, false. These items only have one purpose.
“Is a cross that gets melted down and remade into something else a violation of your church?”
Your analogy is false for nothing has been melted down here. Again, you don’t seem to understand logic.
“What if it gets made into a little buddah—is it now bad?”
A chalice is a chalice. A chalice cannot be a Buddha. Nothing is being re-made here.
“What if a buddah is melted and made into a cross?”
Nothing is being melted down here - except your false arguments.
“Or what happens to holy water that evaporates and eventually falls to the earth as rain?”
Nothing is evaporating here - except any chance you have an argument.