[stocksthatgoup]

Free Republic Pool - How long will this statue stand?

[To Hell With Poverty]

This is good. Our church, with its large Hispanic contigent, has a shrine to Our Lady of Guatelupe. I think about how that one image was able to convert millions of savage Aztecs, and pray that a similar miracle may occur for the muslims. I do know that they at least honor Mary to a small extent. May she bring them all to her Son!!!

[cloudmountain]

I've been there.
Mary's house was a very simple one-room abode made of stone. It was in the former COASTAL city of Ephesus. The SEA had one been at its shores but Ephesus is way inland now. Interesting geographical changes, radical, to say the least.

However, since it wasn't written in Scripture, but is merely some history, many folks here won't believe it.

[hal ogen]

How soon until wacky, peace-loving moozlums fly several airplanes loaded with fuel into it?

[Petrosius]

Better yet, how about a large church where Christians can visit on pilgrimage, worship God and honor Mary.

[Verginius Rufus]

There is a house in Ur that was shown to tourists as the house where Abraham lived (probably not many tourists there right now). This is probably equally authentic.

Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad talks about being shown Mary's house in Nazareth and similar sights. He doesn't believe for a second that the house is genuinely the one Mary lived in, but he likes the idea--otherwise your mind would just think it was somewhere in the general vicinity. Having a specific location, even if fake, helps to focus the mind.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“little children, guard yourselves from idols.”

-Apostle John

“Come out from among them and be Holy.”

-God

[Ann Archy]

Been there TWICE!!! Gorgeous setting!! And the ONLY place in Turkey that I saw soldiers guarding with AK47’s!!

[Gamecock]

Will they continue to sell pagan trinkets on site?

(Photo by Gamecock, all rights reserved)

[Elsie]

The municipality of Selcuk, a town in western Turkey where Virgin Mary is believed to have spent her last days, plans to erect a giant statue dedicated to her in the fashion of the notable statue in Brazil depicting her son.

Believed?

Last Days??

[annalex]

Good news. Protestants are angry, so something is done right, glory be to God.

[wardaddy]

I’m surprised in Turkey

Sounds fine to me I applaud them

Why did she wander so far?