1 yr. ago • 96%

Don’t mind the totally not creepy shrine next door.

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I feel like whoever buys this should turn the garden into a satanic shrine, just to balance things out.

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- I mean, it’s already a pretty good Pagan nature temple.
  
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  This is true! It just needs a sacred tree and a few triskellions to complete the look.
  
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- Paint it, have it appraised for many moneys, hang it there and watch the neighbour somehow ruin it. Claim damages for many money.
  
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Excellent place for a gay bar.

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- Seems fitting, Jesus loved saying "Ah... Men"
  
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  The garden might be in Ireland, so it could be Eamonn.
  
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  Is it raining?
  
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- Start a war!
  
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  A fabulous war.
  
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I am not well versed in religion but wasn't it their god that said not to idolize him ?

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- It’s fine, they’re mostly idolising his mum.
  
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  Mariolatry!
  
  That link is actually a pretty wild ride. Excerpt: "Father Jerome of Texo, of the Society of Jesus, rejoiced in the name of slave of Mary; and, as a mark of servitude, went often to visit her in some church dedicated in her honor. On reaching the church, he poured out abundant tears of tenderness and love for Mary; then prostrating, he licked and rubbed the pavement with his tongue and face, kissing it a thousand times, because it was the house of his beloved Lady".
  
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- If I recall correctly the bible said not to worship the idols themselves or other gods through idols.
  
  The way many orthodox christians interpret this is that it's ok to have religious symbols or icons as long as you use them as tools of worship and not worship them.
  
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- He actually told them not to worship “false” idols. Idols of his family are fine.
  
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Having a ton of crucifixes up on a wall gets a lot funnier if you see them as hunting trophies.

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- Each one claimed by slaying a goosafix
  
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  Turns out Jesus has come back hundreds of times, so why don’t we ever see him?
  
  One word: Ethel.
  
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- Or treasure signs. X marks the spot...
  
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Jesus Christ 😶

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Crazy lives there. It pretends to not be crazy by saying “God” all the time.

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It would be an awful lot creepier if they were pictures of you.

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- Naked
  
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to me, this is a dichotomy of spiritual symbolism and worship of nature. I prefer the one on the right, personally.

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- Needs more wicker man.
  
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Typical polish allotment garden be like

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I think it's all the blue, but it made me think of My Big Fat Greek wedding.

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I'd imagine them being the judgiest neighbors ever. "Dont have sex too loud, the neighbors might hear us."

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- It would be more fun if they were the ones having loud sex
  
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Neighbors coming over.. "have you found Jesus?"

"No, but we're still looking"

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If this shrine was about anything else nobody would shame you for worrying about whoever owns it.

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Put a statue of Satan on the right and watch the world burn.

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- A proper temple... 20ft baphomet, glowing pentagram, all of it...
  
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I am more concerned about how long your grass is.

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That looks like a creepy cemetery.

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I suppose there is a certain sense of stick-to-itiveness to the décor

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Bit idea: put up a neo pagan Roman shrine next to it.

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Fill it with gnomes.

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I'd imagine they may not be particularly noisy neighbours for the most part though. Could be far far worse, I'd much rather live next to this than have gang members for neighbours

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Religious decor is one thing but does it also need to look so kitschy

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- I think I prefer kitschy than the hyper realistic crucifix paintings/statues. The one at my church when I was a kid was terrifying - I’d always drag my mum to the side where peaceful Mary was rather than tortured Jesus!
  
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Is there a decent ex-Christian (not strictly athiest) community on here?

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- There’s two !exchristian communities, @lemmy.world and lemmy.one but they’re both dead at the moment. Same for exmormon@lemmyworld. You should start one!
  
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  Or start posting in the existing ones.
  
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Is that an electric pole on the left?

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- No, it's a telegraph pole on the right.
  
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  Ex BT engr here. Sorry to be pedantic, but that's a carrier pole. It keeps the dropwire up in the air from the main pole (Distibution Point or DP) to the customer.
  
  I'll get me hi-vis.
  
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I see one guy who doesn't need to mow

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That looks like a permanent ofrenda

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A bowl of punch is all that is missing.

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Mow your lawn! Trim your hedges!

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- But the animals live there ._.
  
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Oh no someone's different

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There’s absolutely nothing creepy about this and you know it.

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- Perhaps you have never been oppressed by professing Christians before?
  
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  Perhaps I’m not a gay man in a majorly Christian Orthodox country that has some pretty choice views of homosexuality?
  
  If only it were thus…
  
  Nevertheless, there’s nothing creepy about crosses and you know it. The fact Christian churches have some nasty views on some issues doesn’t make their iconography creepy.
  
  I grew up around icons and other Christian accoutrements. I don’t find them scary. Neither do you.
  
  This is all performative and tiring.
  
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