[OHelix]

Is that the same "lay brother" who erected the egyptian obolisk, or put in place all of the statues of gods from the Roman Pantheon?

One might consider fictitious hyperbole to be a pretty telling defense, in regards to the Catholic Church's attitude toward paganism.

[Campion]

Is that the same "lay brother" who erected the egyptian obolisk

You mean the one that used to decorate Nero's circus, around which the first Christian martyrs of Rome died, and which later had chiseled into it the defiant slogan "Christ lives, Christ conquers, Christ reigns"?

That obelisk?

Statues of gods from the Roman Pantheon? Pray tell, where are they? The statues around St. Peter's Piazza are of the Apostles.

[wideawake]

The Egyptian obelisk is present in the Piazza as a reminder of the persecution of the Church by the pagans in the first centuries of Christianity. It is a reminder to visitors of those dark times.

There are no statues of gods in Pantheon anymore.

And I doubt you even know what a lay brother is.

One might consider deceptive innuendo a pretty telling defense with regard to your bigoted attitude.