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Neighbors - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 05-12-2014
One of our new neighbors is putting together quite the collection of garden statues in his front yard. Most importantly, one of those statues is the Sharper Image Garden Yeti.
I'm amazed the thing hasn't been stolen yet considering the people who roam our neighborhood.
He also has a Buddha. I'm still trying to get my head around using religious objects as decorations.
need pix - Drunk Monk - 05-12-2014
Why does religious decor bother you?
Re: Neighbors - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 05-12-2014
I echo DM's question. Religious motifs have been common for as long as there have been religions, it seems to me.
Re: Neighbors - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 05-12-2014
If you are Christian and hang a cross up your house, go for it. If you are Buddhist and have a shrine more power to you.
But when you go to the supermarket and they are hawking Buddha statues along with the flowers, I think you are missing something.
East is east, west is west - Drunk Monk - 05-12-2014
Western religions put their idols in churches. Eastern religions put their idols in gardens, on street corners, in restaurants.
When a religion worships richness, the sacred is separated in a sanctuary. When a religion embraces the world, it is everywhere.
I'm just sayin...
mt059
Re: Neighbors - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 05-13-2014
Quote:When a religion worships richness, the sacred is separated in a sanctuary. When a religion embraces the world, it is everywhere.
That's a heckova sentence. You a writer or sumthin'?
naaaaaaaaaaaaaah - Drunk Monk - 05-13-2014
I poached it off a fortune cookie.
If I was a writer, I'd be writing now, which is what I'm supposed to be doing instead of posting here.