Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by Zeus:

Originally posted by SandyP: ...And that is that the only thing that shocks me about the whole thing is the statement that there is no evidence that there is a God.

Hi SandyP. Thanks for the comment.

You've probably given all the reasons you believe there is a god or a creator, and I'm sure you get a great overwhelming emotional responce from it, such as viewing the beauty of the snow capped mountains on a clear day, but if you look closely, you haven't given any evidence that points outside of the mind.

Because of that you have to rely on faith. Dictionary.com reports "FAITH" as: Belief that is not based on proof. That's a lot different than saying "There he is, behind that bush!"

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful."
- Seneca the Younger (circa 4 B.C.E - 65 C.E)

Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by SandyP:
Whoah! There are quite some passionate opinions on this topic and photo aren't there. I guess I have one too :)

And that is that the only thing that shocks me about the whole thing is the statement that there is no evidence that there is a God. Wow! Looking at the amazing intricacies of science and nature, the life formations inside wombs that make survival possible in each species' own very particular environments, the position, orbit synchronization of the planets. The very beginning of the first anything. . .to think it all happened by accident, and even if it did. . .where did the conditions causing the "accident" come from. And that's not even to mention lives that have been completely transformed by surrendering their life to something bigger than themselves.

Sure. . .man has screwed it up royally. . .but that doesn't negate the reality of all the evidence that it was created by something MUCH more sovereign than us.

Well. . . .all that to say it just blows my mind that anyone could seriously not believe there is a God, but that's just me, and I totally respect others' right to feel differently.

The photo. . .aside from any religious statement whatsoever is just not an appealing photo. There's way too much red tones in it, and it just takes people to a place that not a soul on earth finds touching or moving or artistic or anything except to bad memories. Sorry.

Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by Blackbox:
Man...this is better then TV! - I mean the comments to this photo. Hey, I got the same comment below to my 'Religious' photo - and so did about 50 other people - I stopped going thru his 'comments made' at about page 5. I feel slightly jaded that it was not an original comment made directly to me and to me alone! My gosh, I hope we never have a 'Weather' challenge!

Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse: sorry, but as a photographer your job is to convince me. photographically, this is a nice picture. However, I am not convinced that this is religious.

(edited for spellin')

Message edited by author 2007-06-07 14:07:22.

Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by Zeus:

Originally posted by Zeuss: Originally posted by whiterook: I don't know of Porcelainism Keep looking Whiterook, you'll find it.

This is close, but not quite Porcelainism: Goatonapolists:

//www.goatonapole.com/

Besides the singular truth of the Goat's relation to the Pole, the only thing you need to know is that the relation between Goat and Pole is the only thing you need to know.

Think about it.

Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by Zeus:

Originally posted by alanfreed: Sooooo it's ok for you to make an expression, but some of us aren't allowed to criticize that expression. *cough* *cough* *hypocritical* *cough*

No, it's OK for all of us to make an expression. That doesn't mean I (or you) are forcing the other to change. But if you're offended maybe you should have just stuck with "Just lovely". You aren't one of those guys who thinks a good Christian is one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor, now are you?

Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by Zeus:

Originally posted by whiterook: I don't know of Porcelainism

Keep looking Whiterook, you'll find it.

Lover of Life
by Zeus

Comment by kje83:
AWWW..It's so pretty.

Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by alanfreed:

Originally posted by Zeuss: I'm heading out to Burning Man this year. That's supposed to be close to the ultimate in freedom of expression. alanfreed, samanwar, smardaz, you guys need to go there.

Sooooo it's ok for you to make an expression, but some of us aren't allowed to criticize that expression. *cough* *cough* *hypocritical* *cough*

Originally posted by BHuseman: My profile picture? So what? Are you offended by a picture of a bird?

No, I'm offended by your attitude, and the attitude that is conveyed by your profile picture. A profile picture is used to "represent" a user, and if that's how you represent yourself, well... 'nuff said.

Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by whiterook:
Religion can be described as a "way of life". So he practices, values, institutions, tradition, rituals, and scriptures are often traditionally daily everyday practices to The Oh Porcelain God! There are so many religions like hinduism, budahism, Molsen, and etc. I don't know of Porcelainism

Originally posted by CoinCounter: Originally posted by inshaala: Sorry but i think you missed what religion ACTUALLY means - religion is not just about believing in a particular god - look up the dictionary definition and you will see something which might open your eyes - religion is not christianity, christianity is a religion... ...Personally i think people were, in this challenge, too caught up in their own religious righteousness to realise that when looking at the THEME and some pictures (including my own) they forgot that we are here for artistic interpretation on a theme - not a subjective application of religious values and preconceptions on a photo. That is exactly what I was trying to get across, unfortunately, without success. I must agree with this, I found some of the entries to be quite 'aggressively selling' a particular belief, so much so that I found some very slightly overbearing(and I would like to think of myself as open-minded and liberal), although none were offensive in any way.

Oh Porcelain God, I Pray to Thee!
by Zeus

Comment by CoinCounter:

Originally posted by inshaala: Sorry but i think you missed what religion ACTUALLY means - religion is not just about believing in a particular god - look up the dictionary definition and you will see something which might open your eyes - religion is not christianity, christianity is a religion... ...Personally i think people were, in this challenge, too caught up in their own religious righteousness to realise that when looking at the THEME and some pictures (including my own) they forgot that we are here for artistic interpretation on a theme - not a subjective application of religious values and preconceptions on a photo.

That is exactly what I was trying to get across, unfortunately, without success.

I found some of the entries to be quite 'aggressively selling' a particular belief, so much so that I found some very slightly overbearing(and I would like to think of myself as open-minded and liberal), although none were offensive in any way.

Message edited by author 2007-06-06 20:20:38.