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Post by Arlon10 on Apr 28, 2019 10:28:59 GMT
I did not say the concept was held only by simpletons. I said it was an accommodation to children. That means it was not the work of children, but the work of adults, who by the way can be capable of higher art as well. Mine is not the "spin" as you put it, yours is. I will grant though that you might not be genuinely aware that's what you're doing. Repeat this one hundred times to reinforce your delusion: This image is not of an old man with long white hair and a beard who lives in the clouds or it wasn't sponsored or revered by Christians. I see that things on Planet Arlon aren't so different than they are in Trump-land. <image from Sistine Chapel> Did you know that there is nothing stopping you from growing up mentally? At least that is what I had believed. I'm starting to doubt you can. No, intelligent people do not believe "god" is an old man with long white hair and beard who lives in the clouds. Yes, children and mentally retarded adults, and perhaps internet trolls, do believe that is a "literal" representation of god. It is not a "literal" representation. It is a "symbolic" representation often found in art which is often highly symbolic by its very nature. That you are incapable of seeing the difference is the problem here. Yes, some religious art is "revered" by Christians, but that in no way requires that they take it literally. Do many of them take it literally? Yes, because they are children or mentally retarded adults. Food for thought.
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