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To: LomanBill

There you go again- displaying no idea of the history of gargoyles.


62 posted on 02/19/2010 5:26:48 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
>>There you go again- displaying no idea of the history of gargoyles.
 
There you go again - waddling down the street in your highly edumacated fruit of the looms.
 
Quack, waddle...
 
"During the 1200's when gargoyles first appeared in Europe, the Roman Catholic Church was actively converting people of other faiths to Christianity. Since most people were not literate, images were very important in communicating ideas and telling the stories of the faith. Many of the religious images that non-Christians were accustomed to were of pagan origin and were of animals or mixtures of animals and humans. Integrating familiar images on churches and cathedrals was thought to encourage the populace to accept  the new religion and ease the transition from the old ways and old beliefs."
http://northstargallery.com/gargoyles/aboutgargoyles.htm
 
...SYNCRETISM.
 
 

67 posted on 02/19/2010 8:21:58 PM PST by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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