Father Nick Blaha on Nostr: As a "fan of the Catholicism" I have never once worshipped any of these things, ...
As a "fan of the Catholicism" I have never once worshipped any of these things, encouraged people to worship these things, nor confused a representation of a spiritual being with the reality.
As a pastor of a black Catholic church I regularly saw images of a black Jesus and have seen many other representations in other ethnic traditions.
God is pure spirit and doesn't look like anyone, as any sacred artist would affirm.
I'm not trying to dunk on you or deny that perhaps individuals get these relationships wrong sometimes, but to remind you that things really are different from the inside, when one is living them, rather than critiquing them as a third party observer.
As a pastor of a black Catholic church I regularly saw images of a black Jesus and have seen many other representations in other ethnic traditions.
God is pure spirit and doesn't look like anyone, as any sacred artist would affirm.
I'm not trying to dunk on you or deny that perhaps individuals get these relationships wrong sometimes, but to remind you that things really are different from the inside, when one is living them, rather than critiquing them as a third party observer.