This is a good point to reflect on the consequences of the iconoclastic movement within much or the Reformation that was responsible for the wanton destruction of incredible Church art treasures. Prior to wide spread literacy the Gospel was taught and spread through religious art in the form of paintings, icons, tapestries, stained glass, sculptures, music and acthitecture. It was very much the same Word of God found in Scripture expressed in a variety of different media. It was was very effective, facilitating the greatest growth period of Christianity. Wouldn't you love to have access to those too?
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And I recall many years ago a very heated thread right here on the Religion Forum where certain Orthodox posters were angry and taking it out on Catholic posters that so many of their icons were lost, as I recall in the Crusades at Constantinople. If any of them survive, they should be returned IMHO.
Likewise, if the United States became a Christian theocracy, concluding that Buddhist statues were idols being worshiped against the law, I'd rather the statutes be gathered up and sent back to India or wherever Buddhists live.
The Taliban destroyed the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan, which were carved into a hillside. In my view, if their presence in the land offended them so, they should have figured some way to move the structure block by block and give it to people who still cherish them.