Comments by "Madam Vaudelune" (@madamvaudelune3298) on "National Geographic" channel.

It is okay to show reverence and awe in holy places. No one worships a grave, that is silly! Go to Staglieno in Italy where lovely monuments commemorate those who were loved, just like Jesus was and is! I would love to go to the holy sepulchre some day.
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@jacobjasch4397 And that is your belief system. Holy relics are simply a way of remembering love. You do not keep a picture of your mother, your grandmother, your grandfather? A toy from childhood to remind you of happy times? A memento of a departed one? This is the same thing. Granted that many believed at one time things that we now do not, but remember that universal literacy is of the 20th century, no sooner. As to real or fake, who knows? One medieval saint said that if all the pieces of the true Cross were put together they could build an armada of ships ( meaning of cours that some most be fake!) But it is the prayer of the faithful, not a piece of wood that praises God.
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@abduazizkhasanov3426 We are Chritians on this thread not Muslims. About your places of Hajj and your Mosques we have nothing to say, it is not our concern. Concern yourself with what is yours, and us with ours
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Fungoss Lovecraftiana Cthulucensis?
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Indeed I will. May God heal your heart.
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@theseventhgeneration6910 ? I see nothing wrong with a group of people exchanging ideas. After all, the worst that can happen is that someone might come back with a different opinion. The 'edicule' of Jerusalem is one of the most studied buildings in history.
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@ZENSIBLE I think that not commenting on a religion I know nothing about is respectful. To expect the same is reasonable. To find this unreasonable is baffling.
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@pointofinterest5981 If that were so he would have said so.
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@jacobjasch4397 God Himself provided the designs for the Temple of Soloman, the design even for the washing basins. God HIMSELF provided the designs for the Ark of the Covenant, and the images of the fiery serpents of the desert before whom the people KNELT to be healed. How do you explain that?
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@abduazizkhasanov3426 We have never SEEN. That God has done anything and neither have you.
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@jacobjasch4397 There was a great and bitter war in the Eastern Roman Empire. Those who believed that the cross and Icons wers not godly, and those who did. In the end, a bishop of some renown brought forth a concept deeply rooted in reality: whatever we see makes an image. We cannot help it; what we see creates a visual memory indelibly printed on the subconscious. And an icon or crucifix is merely the expression of what we already have in our minds and hearts.When we say 'Jesus' we already see him in our mind and heart, to externalize this vision by means of an artistic effort is just an expression of this vision. To take a commandment or a law out of context is wrong. You must contextualize what you say else "Thou shalt not kill" nullifies 4 or 5 Levitical laws-including working on Sunday-that demand the penalty of death! Adultery was punished by stoning in the O T- but did not G.say' thou shalt not kill?' But execution IS killing for a transgression. You see my point about context. When the decalogue was given to the Hebrews the 'idols' where those of Moloch and Baal before whom sacrifices (horrible ones) were made. But G. demanded that CHERUBIM (a heavenly creature) be put on the Ark of the Covenant! Remember the fire serpents? 'Go and look upon them that you may be healed?' If you do not wish to have an image or a rosary or an icon, there is nothing wrong with that. But many do. If this helps a person with their devotions to a loving G. Then certainly a case can be made for its spiritual efficacy and edification
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@jacobjasch4397 My point waa obvious or at least i believed it so since you are obviously not in favor of religious images or icons. But the bronze serpent is the perfect example: surely you realize that the Hebrews do NOT endue the images with any special powers? They are REMINDED by the images of their transgression and to seek repentance. That is all an image SHOULD be, a visual representation of somethring already embedded in our minds. And casting lots is fine if all of those taking part are equally qualified. Certainly any 'object' used in worship or veneration already exista, as a visual image, in the congegants mind?
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@alanwatts8239 When did any Roman Catholic stop you looking for answers??
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@popefrancis8153 1) Nobody 'worships' a tomb. We honor it. 2) is existence so dull, my son, that you waste your time advising those who never solicited your wisdom or counsel? Go kick rocks, Junior.
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@popefrancis8153 Why would you want to make fun of anyone. Seems like the mark of a weak intellect. to take pleasue in such a useless pursuit.
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