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I do wonder if this sudden obsession with angels in pagan America is, like the medieval cult, a distraction from the worship of the true God. Just as Mary and the saints were made into objects of folk art to become something other than they really were—sinless, pure, worthy of devotion and mediation—these Precious Moments “angels” are far from the biblical representation. After all, biblical angels were the servants of Yahweh who stood at the gate of Paradise after the Fall, with flashing sword, barring entrance; ministers of judgment at Sodom and Gomorrah. One would be hard-pressed to have Michael the Archangel in mind when gazing on one of these benign figurines. Are these the angels that executed God’s plagues on Egypt? Do we have any reason to identify them even with the glad but epoch-making announcements of mysterious births that were to advance redemptive history? Even when one came with joyful tidings, Mary was filled with terror at the appearance of God’s angelic messenger.I suggest the same holds true with Heaven. Everyone wants to go there, and most think they are sanctified by death. Listen to the prattle that goes on when someone dies: They are in a better place. Matters not if the dearly departed is a Christian or dyed in the wool atheist. They died, therefore they are in a better place.
I do agree with you.
Remember, there are different types of angels.
No need to speak ill of the dead.