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09-20-2022 07:36 AM |
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Originally Posted by La lamy
(Post 2138306)
It's all so subjective IMO. I like to look at other people's quirky stuff myself, but seeing crosses on lawns makes me think someone was buried there, which I'm sure would be illegal, at least I hope!
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You wouldn't be far from the truth.
I think that the crosses got their start (I could be wrong) as memorials to all the aborted fetuses. I've seen them in other places besides The Villages: a church in a town where I used to live had one, next to a memorial plaque that stated that. We'd see 'em in the ditches up there too; a bit bigger so that passing traffic could see them, usually next to the name or names of people who had died in that spot as the result of an automobile accident.
But you can read motivation into anything. My wife is a former Theravada Buddhist and I've learned a lot about the belief from her. I've seen statues of The Buddha in yards in TV. I think that to most Americans they're just cute smiling statues of a pudgy Asian man that looks great next to some flowers or maybe a fountain. But in certain Asian cultures that would be a sacrilege: the Buddha is a revered symbol of their religion and as such almost always occupies a high place indoors, so that it can be properly revered and the power inherent in what they depict respected. You can see it here: many Asian grocery stores and restaurants in America: many have a depiction of the Buddha in their establishment, usually as high as they can get it (inches from the ceiling). To have the depiction in their yard as a mere ornament would be extremely disrespectful in their eyes. How would TV see a lawsuit brought by such believers to get those cute little yard Buddhas removed? Not the same thing as this cross lawsuit, but closely related in any case.
This whole thing is a huge can of worms. But--as another poster pointed out--times must be really good if we have the time and money to devote to such trivialities.
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