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To: MeOnTheBeach; Salvation
The crucifixion cross is distinctly Catholic. In a religiously charged area it would be seen as branding the organization or building as "Catholic" and the non-Catholics would seriously object.

Sorry, MeontheBeach, but you are talking through your hat. I live here in Poland, in Warsaw, -- for the past two years, so I can tell you this from my experience -- there are few to no non-Catholic Christians in Poland

The next largest Christian group is the Orthodox and they too have the image of the dead Christ on the crucifix -- of course this is an icon, not a 3d image

The next largest non-Catholic Christian denomination are the Lutherans (4000 people in all of Poland) and they have crucifixes too like this one

Besides these Christian groups the next group are the Jehovah's Witnesses - yup, no Crucifixes there, but they are a few thousand at the most

So, to sum up -- the non-Catholic groups are Lutherans and Orthodox mainly, both of whom have crucifixes with a dead body of Christ on them

There is no enthusiasm for Pentecostalism or Baptists or other Evangelicals. The Calvinists suffer from bad history (members of that group basically betrayed the country in the 1600's to the Swedes unlike the Lutherans who remained true to the country).

The only people objecting to the cross are anti-Christians. These are not really atheists, more hedonists

I've only met one ex-atheist in Poland, and that guy is now a devout Catholic working full-time to prevent abortion "liberalization".

10 posted on 01/18/2013 6:15:18 AM PST by Cronos (Middle English prest, priest, Old English pruost, Late Latin presbyter, Latin presbuteros)
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To: Cronos
The only people objecting to the cross are anti-Christians. These are not really atheists, more hedonists

ahh ok. Well I was just giving my opinion from the information that I had. I still like the painting of Jesus you posted better than the crucifix. :-)
13 posted on 01/18/2013 6:59:38 AM PST by MeOnTheBeach
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To: Cronos


Do you have any more pictures of this church? The interior seems very beautiful.
16 posted on 01/18/2013 7:40:30 AM PST by MeOnTheBeach
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