PHOTO THREAD.

[Brakelite]

This picture makes Mary the dominant person in the upper room on the Day of Pentecost. Not in the Bible. This picture gives a false impression and supports the pagan Queen of Heaven worship.

I cannot but agree with you. She is the central figure... Seated while everyone else is kneeling and facing her as if she is the one being worshipped. Very Catholic and brings to mind the pictures of my youth... All my friends were Catholic and every home had pictures like this, sometimes on an improvised altar with candies and rosary beads draped around on a pretty cloth. There may be a picture of Jesus as a baby also with her... But Jesus was always of secondary focus. A picture of a printed prayer may also be there... To Mary of course. Now I can go along to some extent with the Catholics explanation that it is merely respect and not idolatry. Maybe. But there is a word in it's purest form that describes this practice perfectly... Antichrist. (Replacing Christ... Instead of Christ... In the room of Christ).
I don't think it's a knee jerk reaction. I think it's a spiritual revulsion at a scene of usurpation of power. If the real Mary was alive to witness this, she would be horrified.

 

[Brakelite]

 

[Brakelite]

This is the 1956. My mother's very first brand new car was just like this, except that it was 4 door.

The later Impala was very popular where I came from.

 

[Paul Christensen]

I cannot but agree with you. She is the central figure... Seated while everyone else is kneeling and facing her as if she is the one being worshipped. Very Catholic and brings to mind the pictures of my youth... All my friends were Catholic and every home had pictures like this, sometimes on an improvised altar with candies and rosary beads draped around on a pretty cloth. There may be a picture of Jesus as a baby also with her... But Jesus was always of secondary focus. A picture of a printed prayer may also be there... To Mary of course. Now I can go along to some extent with the Catholics explanation that it is merely respect and not idolatry. Maybe. But there is a word in it's purest form that describes this practice perfectly... Antichrist. (Replacing Christ... Instead of Christ... In the room of Christ).
I don't think it's a knee jerk reaction. I think it's a spiritual revulsion at a scene of usurpation of power. If the real Mary was alive to witness this, she would be horrified.

Because this is not a debating thread, I will leave you to your belief about the position of Mary in the Catholic faith.

 

[amadeus]

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The later Impala was very popular where I came from.

Very nice! Give God the glory!

 

[Brakelite]

Because this is not a debating thread, I will leave you to your belief about the position of Mary in the Catholic faith.

Quite right. Yet a justifiable comment on the photo nevertheless... As they say, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder... And many, including josho and others, would see it different. Which they are fully entitled to do. Like an African elephant hunter being none to impressed with a couple of random kangaroos.

 

[Brakelite]

Very nice! Give God the glory!

Oh please, don't get they impression this was mine... Just a random photo off the internet for an example. But there was in my home country a sub culture of car lovers that saw the Impala as a prize. Few could afford to look after them to keep them in the kind of condition like in the photo, so they got run into the ground until they could move no more. I think not a few new Zealand wrecking yards have some remains somewhere.

 

[amadeus]

Oh please, don't get they impression this was mine... Just a random photo off the internet for an example. But there was in my home country a sub culture of car lovers that saw the Impala as a prize. Few could afford to look after them to keep them in the kind of condition like in the photo, so they got run into the ground until they could move no more. I think not a few new Zealand wrecking yards have some remains somewhere.

That's OK!

 

[Mike Waters]

Being an artist most of my pictures would be of paintings that I have produced and sold.

 

[Mike Waters]

This was my 1936 Excelsior Manxman.
It was one of Excelsiors original works bikes, registered EXL452, and raced on the Isle of Man.
Foolishly I sold it when I was young without realising its appreciating value had I kept hold of it.

 

[Mike Waters]

I also write poetry as well as paint pictures.

 

[Mike Waters]

My latest oil painting, done to keep myself occupied whilst in Covid-19 lockdown.

 

[Mike Waters]

 

[Paul Christensen]

Being an artist most of my pictures would be of paintings that I have produced and sold.

Brilliant art work!

 

[mjrhealth]

Most lightning is from one cloud to another, though:

Photographing lightning is simple in principle; long shutter speed, on a tripod. The trick is timing. You get about one good image for every 10 exposures.

Like this

 

[Josho]

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Nice shot

 

[Pearl]

Bluebells along the riverside path in the park across from us.

 

[amadeus]

My latest oil painting, done to keep myself occupied whilst in Covid-19 lockdown.

Good to see you posting here, Mike! Thank you for blessing us with images of your work.

 

[mjrhealth]

This is what eagles look like in Australia, it's called a Wedgetail Eagle (I didn't take the picture) View attachment 9255

And the are tiny in Darwin and jamungus in top end WA

 

[mjrhealth]

Knew I had another, far and few between, the good ones that is