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Such iconoclasm is certainly not unique to Islam. Many older Christian churches in the UK saw their crucifixes, statues and stained-glass windows defaced by Pur
by notahacker 6y ago
Such iconoclasm is certainly not unique to Islam. Many older Christian churches in the UK saw their crucifixes, statues and stained-glass windows defaced by Puritans, out of belief that Catholic symbolism was idol worship rather than any superstition about the crucifixes having any actual power
- treeman79 6y agoPeople worshiped idols. Chritians came and treied to convert them. Heathen; “ don’t tread on me, I’m not giving up my idol!” Christin “okay fine, pray to this figurine of a saint” Heathen: “so I can worship this idol of Saint Bernard?” Christian: “ummm, itSs not a, ummm, okay close enough” Proving once again that min/maxing arbitrary metrics leads to weird results.
- mr_toad 6y agoGoing even further back, the issue of idolatry was a major point of conflict in the early days of the Orthodox Church.