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Thomas

Thomas

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As my musings on the nature of Christ, Christianity and doctrine seems at present to be moving in a certain speculative direction, I would just like to take this opportunity to point out that I am of the opinion that the devotions of the "simple" or "superstitious" or "naive" faithful before some revered statue or relic or ikon of a saint, is probably closer to the heart of Christ than the heady ramblings of myself in the more stratospheric heights of Christian contemplation.

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Just thought I'd put that out there ...
 
Thomas said:
As my musings on the nature of Christ, Christianity and doctrine seems at present to be moving in a certain speculative direction, I would just like to take this opportunity to point out that I am of the opinion that the devotions of the "simple" or "superstitious" or "naive" faithful before some revered statue or relic or ikon of a saint, is probably closer to the heart of Christ than the heady ramblings of myself in the more stratospheric heights of Christian contemplation.
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Though the heady contemplation and the simple devotions are not mutually exclusive
Thomas said:
before some revered statue or relic or ikon of a saint, is probably closer to the heart of Christ
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Although I have wondered at various times over the years what Jesus/Yeshua, a Jew, would think of the statues, relics, and ikons
Thomas said:
the heady ramblings of myself in the more stratospheric heights of Christian contemplation.
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I hope you keep the heady ramblings coming though. I appreciate the insights, explanations, and references
 
Thomas said:
As my musings on the nature of Christ, Christianity and doctrine seems at present to be moving in a certain speculative direction, I would just like to take this opportunity to point out that I am of the opinion that the devotions of the "simple" or "superstitious" or "naive" faithful before some revered statue or relic or ikon of a saint, is probably closer to the heart of Christ than the heady ramblings of myself in the more stratospheric heights of Christian contemplation.

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Just thought I'd put that out there ...
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Tell me more. :)
 
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