Archived Why was the Christian church of Notre Dame decorated with sooo many demonic statues like this? Who were they paying homage to? (files.catbox.moe)
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Archived Why was the Christian church of Notre Dame decorated with sooo many demonic statues like this? Who were they paying homage to? (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] enginedriver13 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Very simple. Gargoyles were demonic figures to inspire the impressionable with fear of hell and punishment in the afterlife if they did not believe and behave.
[–] slwsnowman40 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I was taught/told they were put there to scare away demons with the first being a trophy mount (like you would a deer head). Is that the truth or was that lost in translation and to time, who knows.
[–] newoldwave ago
something like that
[–] Far2Long2 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
They're gargoyles, designed to ward off evil spirits and drain rain water off the stone to prevent water erosion of the mortar.
[–] slwsnowman40 ago
Which is funny because the mortar is virtually untouched after all that time.
[–] Far2Long2 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Which proves they work. Mediaeval builders knew what they were doing.
[–] Anam 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The demons and depictions of Hell were to scare religion into doubters, not to be worshiped.
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[–] Anam 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
If a preacher's sermons are more hellfire and damnation than little lambs and "gentle Jesus, meek and mild", then which religion does he follow? There is a long tradition of winning converts by scaring the daylights out of a congregation. Even the movie, The Exorcist, got a lot of lapsed Catholics back into the pews when it was released.
[–] dudelol 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
/v/RomanQuestion
[–] FacelessOne ago
Everyone acts like the stone structures were destroyed.
You realize these are the survivors of the destruction
[–] middle_path ago
Rule of cool, my dude.