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andrel <byt### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> On 5-6-2010 16:44, Warp wrote:
> > andrel <byt### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> >> On 27-5-2010 18:05, Darren New wrote:
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> >>> Or "we're not worshiping the idols, we're worshiping what the idols
> >>> portray."
> >
> >> That is sort of the dogma in the orthodox church. As I said elsewhere, I
> >> was in a monastery, a Greek orthodox one.
> >
> > Am I too cynic if I say that's just playing with words to get around
> > the prohibition?
> Yes, I think so. You implicitly assume that they know they are trying to
> get around the commandment. As far as I can tell they really believe
> that via the icon or relic they come closer to the saint, jesus, but
> mainly the virgin Mary.
It's fortunate that kind of reasoning doesn't work in a more earthly court
of law with more earthly crimes...
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- Warp
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