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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 11/12/2008 : 06:43:57
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The heirs of the Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath & Wells have struck like adders at the grieving families of the community's deceased.
Garden gnomes banned from church cemetery because they are 'unnatural creatures'
Garden gnomes have been banned from cemeteries by a church diocese because leaders say they are "unnatural creatures". |
Now, this brings up an interesting question: What exactly is "unnatural" as pertinent to religion? Hmm? Is a silly, little garden gnome any less pertained to the occasion than the droning of an ordained member of an organization founded upon the mythical writings of ancient persons of doubtful veracity? Hmm? Indeed, are they any less natural than a fancy head stone sporting an instrument of torture and festoons of angels? Hmm?
What the hell, the deceased doesn't care and if placing a gnome makes the family feel a little better, then they should be allowed to do so, Bishops, baby-eating or on a more conventional diet, be damned.
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Edited by - filthy on 11/12/2008 11:53:50
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DtheB
New Member
USA
22 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 11:08:26 [Permalink]
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| Well they think gays are abominations and atheists are immoral. So it's only logical that they call garden gnomes unnatural. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 12:03:31 [Permalink]
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The Catholic church has no problem with "unnatural creatures," as angels and demons evidence. So what he's really objecting to are unnatural creatures from pagan traditions. They must stamp out those peasant superstitions in order to make room for Christian ones, obviously.
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
 Posted - 11/12/2008 : 14:22:20 [Permalink]
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Since garden gnomes are made of fired clay, cement or plaster-of-Paris, then painted, and statues of the Virgin Mary, Jesus and/or other religious figures, as well as crosses can all be made from fired clay, cement or plaster - they are "unnatural" too?  |
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
1992 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 14:34:11 [Permalink]
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While the term 'unnatural' is particularly retarded; their actual argument is that it 'looks tacky'. They also argue the same about plastic flowers, by the way.
I think that it can not be argued that it cheap brightly coloured plastic does not mesh very well with millennia old limestone.
But then, there are more important things in a cemetery than mere aesthetic. If placing a garden gnome on a tombstone help a grieving family, for some reason, well so be it. The looks of the garden certainly are secondary to that, IMHO. |
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UNNATURAL!
