Comments on: And You Thought God Hated Atheists?

By: TXatheist

TXatheist — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:01:04 +0000

Graven image? Maybe they are just following one of the 10 C in a conspiracy…

By: Perfect Fool

Perfect Fool — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:11:21 +0000

It’s gotta be St. Drogo, patron saint of hernias. (Back in the 1960′s, in the wake of Vatican II, the church ditched a whole bunch of saints, including St. Drogo, who really was the patron saint of hernias.)

As for “who carries a statue this way,” haven’t you folks ever been to Europe? Or to a place in the US with a large foreign-born Catholic population? Have you at least seen “Godfather, Part II?”

And the crowd’s reaction may have had something to do with the fact that the statue landed right next to an elderly nun. Im sure she’s going to be known around the convent as Sister Mary Shit-Your-Pants after this.

And you can just imgine everybody saying, “Thank GOD no one was hurt!”

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:00:01 +0000

A fork lift! LOL! I had promised myself I wouldn’t laugh at this accident that upset so many people and could have injured some, but the vision of a forklift coming down the aisle going beeep beeep beeep beeep over the singing is just too much.

By: Alycia

Alycia — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:48:07 +0000

They need to have a guy preceeding and waving orange flags like they do when the fork lift comes along at Home Depot.

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:45:57 +0000

Have them call me. I’ll make them a good copy for a reasonable price in light and strong fiberglass bolted to a super-light palanquin. Those bearers look pretty old, and as young people continue to drift away from the church the faithful doing the lifting will be older and older.

By: hoverFrog

hoverFrog — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:59:06 +0000

Health and Safety want a word. Are those men trained to move statues? Where are their hard hats? Why wasn’t the statue properly secured and packed for transportation? I don’t believe that they’re wearing high visibility jackets. The crowd hasn’t been partitioned away from the hazard to avoid injury. They aren’t wearing gloves, there’s no matting on the floor and the room is badly lit. *sucking teeth noise* There’s bound to be an accident sooner or later.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:04:23 +0000

It is a man in gold armor. For some reason St. John (of the Gospel fame) is often depicted wearing armor. The thing in his hand looks like a feather, so could be a quill pen for writing the gospel. I’m guessing it’s St. John the Evangelist.

By: MonolithTMA

MonolithTMA — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:13:38 +0000

I actually LOLed.

I am glad nobody got hurt though.

By: Show-Ender

Show-Ender — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:53:57 +0000

Jeff, that’s not even art to begin with; it’s kitsch!!! Bloody meaningless kitsch!!

By: sam

sam — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:42:32 +0000

who the hell carries a statue like that?