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To: miss marmelstein

I certainly do. Do you?

The beauty of the decoration is obviously a highly subjective matter, but even granting that, it does not surmount a revolting context. I don’t even grant the beauty of it. Dimestore costume jewelry bought by the pound, is what it looks like. Or, maybe some sort of automated, dancing skeleton for a Grateful Dead tribute show, but even Deadheads have more restraint.


284 posted on 09/06/2013 5:59:29 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Gaudy is a good word for it, I think.


291 posted on 09/06/2013 7:13:58 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: RegulatorCountry; metmom
The beauty of the decoration is obviously a highly subjective matter, but even granting that, it does not surmount a revolting context. I don’t even grant the beauty of it. Dimestore costume jewelry bought by the pound, is what it looks like. Or, maybe some sort of automated, dancing skeleton for a Grateful Dead tribute show, but even Deadheads have more restraint.

I'd be inclined to think they really DIDN'T use the family heirlooms for that purpose. I'd even bet much if not all of those decorations ARE fake, paste wax costume dime-store type baubles. I think it is creepy and disrespectful to the person whose body is being displayed, or rather, body parts are being displayed. The ones which the OP is speaking of couldn't even begin to be identified much less attached to a known "saint". The bones that were claimed to be from the Apostle Peter, and which are supposedly buried under the altar of the basilica in his name, came from a common garbage dump where people, animals and all kinds of cast offs got tossed. Superstition and woo-woo stuff doesn't belong in Christianity. It isn't needed.

314 posted on 09/06/2013 11:34:12 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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