Sunday, January 23, 2011

Churches Here, Churches There

We saw some beautiful and extremely moving churches, paintings and mosaics.


 




 




 



 




We also saw some that were unspeakably gaudy. I realise that religious devotion is a strong impulse, but I confess to being thoroughly turned off by well-meaning folks who bring objects (like crosses) to sacred sites (like the supposed place of Jesus' tomb -- very unlikely to be the actual one) in a form of Christianized magic.

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