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Unread 12-19-2010, 10:20 AM
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Location: Houston, Texas
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Default Religious statues around the world

Post your favorite ones!









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Unread 12-19-2010, 09:49 PM
 
Location: The Ether
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Why does a religion that shuns material possession so much have a giant statue made out of gold? They're not attached to it so they build with it?
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Unread 12-19-2010, 10:00 PM
 
Location: OKC
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IDK but it's pretty cool.
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Unread 12-20-2010, 12:44 AM
 
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Here's my favourite religious statue.

Just wait a few seconds........

Now that's what I call a baptism.
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Unread 12-20-2010, 02:59 AM
 
Location: Valencia, Spain
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Bet it gets me 3 days in boot camp!!
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Unread 12-20-2010, 03:57 AM
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Google Image Result for http://www.buddha-images.com/Sukhothai/WalkingBuddha_Sukhothai.jpg

gotta love that Sukhothai art.
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Unread 12-20-2010, 08:09 AM
 
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Why does a religion that shuns material possession so much have a giant statue made out of gold? They're not attached to it so they build with it?
Same reason that Abrahamic have loads of money too.
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Unread 12-20-2010, 09:16 AM
 
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Why does a religion that shuns material possession so much have a giant statue made out of gold? They're not attached to it so they build with it?
Buddhism is a scam. It will be 50 more years before it dawns on the imbeciles in the West. By then, Lama Inc. would have made a fortune
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Unread 12-20-2010, 09:55 AM
Status: "1848...what's this I hear about gold found in Californiyay?" (set 20 days ago)
 
Location: London, UK
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Buddhism is a scam. It will be 50 more years before it dawns on the imbeciles in the West. By then, Lama Inc. would have made a fortune
We can always rely on you for a bucket of ice- water.
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Unread 12-20-2010, 11:29 AM
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Why does a religion that shuns material possession so much have a giant statue made out of gold? They're not attached to it so they build with it?
If it was made of gold, there wouldn't be anything left of it...
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