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* Hindu Goddess "High-Fives" Most Devoted Worshipper

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Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

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  3. …And, while vacationing in Lilliput, don’t forget to stop in for a complimentary manicure!

  7. That statue is actually quite beautiful… I wonder about the devotion that inspired it… Would that we American Catholics fund such lavish gifts for the beauty of the Church’s buildings etc.

  8. After Mardi Gras, the parade floats attend an outdoor Ash Wednesday Mass to get marked with ashes. Here you see the priest handing her equipment to a Sacramental Float Minister.

  9. “Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.”

  10. “And if I point over that way and squeeze the trigger – wham! – a huge porcelain elephant! This thing is amazing!”

  12. Any idea where and when that picture was taken? I don’t see a link to an article or anything. I guess it’s recent and in South Asia.

  14. Unaware of the typo in the job order, Pedro makes the finishing touches on the 40m statue, while the purchasers in Japan excitedly prepare the table they will use to hold the 40cm statue they ordered.

  15. That statue is actually quite beautiful…
    Oh dear. De gustibus non est disputandum.
    There is no disputing about (or accounting for) about. To me, this is as tacky as those awful “Precious Moments” statuettes/collectibles, or those paintings of big-eyed children on black velvet.
    I guess I spent too many years studying medieval and Renaissance religious art…..

  17. New “Laxmi” Barbie comes complete with her own miniature worshipper! Look for it in toystores everywhere!

  18. “Valencia, Spain at the Catholic / pagan Fallas festival”
    I assume you’re joking. That looks like something they put way too much effort into just to burn down. To me, it does look like one of those big Hindu statues, but I really have no idea.

  19. I just looked at the Yahoo pictures and it says that it is from that Spanish festival. Really a strange thing to do – making a huge statue and then burning it down. And they cost as many as $75,000 for just one? It’s insane.

  20. How much do you think the floats for the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade cost? Or the Rose Bowl parade? Or Mardi Gras ones? They ain’t cheap, and most of ’em get destroyed after one day’s use. Doing it with fire is just faster.

  22. Oh dear. De gustibus non est disputandum.
    There is no disputing about (or accounting for) [taste]. To me, this is as tacky as those awful “Precious Moments” statuettes/collectibles, or those paintings of big-eyed children on black velvet.

    Oh dear. De gustibus indeed. It is a beautiful statue. The ornamentation in particular reminds me of things I’ve seen in Eastern Catholic and Orthodox churches.

  24. This is the new Hindi ride at Disneyland that replaced Dumbo.
    You put the kiddies in the giant palm and they get launched into Nirvana

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