I don't know Krishna case, nor Western Church, but according to the Tradition (or the Holy Tradition as the church says), thus not accoding to secular people,
- St. Paul, his portrait is described by Eusebius, who records a 2nd century account in "The History of the Church", and at least Eastern Orthodox Icon strongly has follow. - Jesus left an authentic his image as "Mandylion" ([[w:Image of Edessa]]), The-image-not-to-be-made-with-human hands, and that was main reason the Church accepted icons in the 2nd Council of Constantinople. The original was lost but authorized copies are left elsewhere. Summarized, icons are a part of the Tradition, authorized of Our Lord Savior, and the Church has preserved or has made her best effort to preserve authentic images of the saints and Lord Himself, hence not only acceptable but worth to venerate. Shortly it's something more than okay - it is something strongly the Church has advocated for centuries. Of course, it is point of view of Eastern Orthodox, so other people both secular and of other denominations may disagree in some of all points, and I don't want to push my POV, I'd just explain it doesn't matter. Cheers, On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:18 AM, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: >>... >> >> That's the issue. Displaying offensive religious images is a big problem, >> not a tiny little problem that can be brushed under the rug. You're doing >> something that outrages millions of people and saying, "Hey, tough". And >> you don't possess, and will never possess, an authentic image of >> Muhammad. > > Are our images of Muhammad any less authentic than our images of St. > Paul, Jesus or Krishna? > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- KIZU Naoko http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
