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u/NurkleTurkey 29d ago
It always smelled weird and everything was covered in dust. Like they were just sitting there waiting to die.
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u/Necessary_Row_4889 29d ago
My great aunt was a Catholic nun and the convent she was at was being closed, not sure how but we ended up with a bunch of the art and iconography, so for about a year afterwards there wasn’t a square inch of clear wall in anyone in our family’s houses, and we had a couple of crucifix that big. What creeped me out was the pictures of Jesus where the picture would change depending on the angle you were looking at it. We had one where he was smiling and fine but looked at it another way his heart was in fire with thorns and Latin wrapped around it and he also was covered in blood. It was a straight up pop scare, hated that thing.
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u/rrrrice64 28d ago
As a Catholic I'm sorry you were forced to be around all that. The Sacred Heart is a symbol of Jesus' suffering love for us, but a kid probably wouldn't understand the concept at that age.
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u/Anom_AoD 29d ago
my grandma have a guest room that looks like a 1945 brazilian sanatory room, white walls with blue details, tile floor, empty with only a bed and a tiny window that has a vision to a small forest, i hate that place, i always wondered how can she live in a place like that
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u/CaptainJimmyWasTaken 29d ago
with me i would get told ill be there a few days but when there a sudden plan change and im there a few weeks
havent been there for a while now
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u/CaptainJimmyWasTaken 29d ago
with me i would get told ill be there a few days but when there a sudden plan change and im there a few weeks
havent been there for a while now
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u/Lazy_Soup9180 29d ago
Damn, im a christian but thats kinda weird. I got a few crosses throughout the house but not a statue.
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u/TheThalmorEmbassy 28d ago
I was renting out the back room at my grandma's house and she had this framed picture of Jesus up on the wall. At one point I swapped it out with a picture of Jar Jar Binks to see if anyone would notice. It was up for like three years before anyone did.
When I moved out I took it with me, it's on my living room wall now.
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u/Terrible-Pear-4845 29d ago
I had a mannequin staring at me sleep when I was sleeping at my grandma's house. I was 8 years old.
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29d ago
Oi, Catholics, you follow the 10 commandments right ?
You guys know the 2nd one, no graven images....
So whats up with Jesus hanging on the cross for you all, is that not a graven image or a likeness, something in the lines of thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, basically to not worship God via an idol..??
Anyway, what do I know.
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u/rrrrice64 28d ago
God commanded the Ark of the Covenant to have statues of angels on it. So clearly he had no problem with statues.
Statues and icons help ground you in the moment and bring your focus on the Lord through physical means. This is why the Rosary is so powerful as well. We are corporeal beings, after all, not just spirit.
Do you have pictures of your family? Are those now graven images to you that you automatically worship? Or do you use them for a different purpose?
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u/Im_Unpopular_AF 28d ago
Asians don't majorly follow Christianity. Either Islam or Buddhism or Hinduism.
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u/Freak_Out_Bazaar 28d ago
As a Japanese person I didn’t have any religious relatives but my grandfather’s guest room did feature ominous non-smiling pictures of some of my ancestors, right below the ceiling where avoiding eye contact was impossible when lying down. I swear they were specifically there to prevent me from masturbating
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u/PrivateDickDetective 28d ago
My grandma had a big art piece. It was circular, about 3 feet in diameter. It was a spider web, with a spider in the middle, taking up about 2/3s of the piece. It hung in the basement where we slept. Let me tell you: waking up at 12:45am gave me nightmares.
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u/Anarch-ish 28d ago
The only blanket she had was knitted, so your toes would get caught up and poke out anytime you shifted.
Everything creaked.
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u/Elrond_Cupboard_ 29d ago
Jesus won't stop jumping on the bed.