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To: OddLane

Just wondering why demonic gargoyles would be placed on a “house of worship”? Will these demonic statues be reunited with the reconstruction?

What have statues of baal, moloch, baphomet and the phoenix have to do with Christianity?

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18 posted on 04/17/2019 9:36:11 PM PDT by patriot torch
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To: patriot torch
Just wondering why demonic gargoyles would be placed on a “house of worship”?

They're drains for rain water, to keep it from running down the masonry. If we wanted to honor them, we wouldn't have dirty water spewing from their mouths. That they look demonic is intended as an insult to demons.

22 posted on 04/17/2019 9:45:57 PM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: patriot torch

they are:
a) there to scare off evil spirits
b) there to represent the evil in the world that plagues those ‘outside the congregation’ (cast out of, or not part of the Church)


29 posted on 04/17/2019 10:00:30 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: patriot torch

I’m not that well-versed in the history, but I believe the purpose of gargoyles was to be used as rain spouts the building.


97 posted on 04/18/2019 1:35:23 PM PDT by OddLane
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