The Turner Prize

[Khandro]

Did anyone watch this, 'let's pretend it's art' annual event? Apart from the risible quality of the competitors, the staging of it in an English Cathedral (Coventry) left me filled with incredulity.

Against the backdrop of the large Graham Southerland alter-painting of Christ in Majesty, an assorted group of rowdy weirdos, lounged around at tables in the body of the church, drinking and sporting their egos & sexual proclivities.

How could an bishop ever allow such a thing to happen? I can find no mention of this grotesque spectacle in any of today's media and wonder if this is through timidity or embarrassment.

[AuntPG]

Naomi if you don't think that post was hate-filled you are in a worse place than I first though.

[naomi24]

apg, your thoughts - or deeds - are of no interest to me.

[AuntPG]

In that case feel free to ignore my every post dear.

[archibaldy]

What an incredibly dull plodding world some people live in.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi, nor are yours to me, but that doesn't stop any of us from having our say, and nor should it.

[naomi24]

apg, I've always felt free to ignore posts that don't interest me.

[Khandro]

I think only the C of E would do such a thing, the Catholics would not & their churches have quite good attendances (thanks among other things to Polish immigration) but the Jews with their synagogues, the Muslims with their mosques and Buddhists with their shrine rooms must look at this spectacle with amazement at such irreverent behaviour.

[Atheist]

What's irreverent in one religion might be considered OK in others. Catholics (well some of them) believe that they are really eating the flesh of Jesus.

[bednobs]

then why not convert to one of those religions if they would suit you better?

[naomi24]

Khandro, looking at it another way, do you not think that this sort of thing makes the church open and welcoming to all and more relevant in the whole community in general? I'd hazard a guess that most of the people attending exhibitions, etc., would never set foot in those churches normally. Some of them might even find they like it.

[AuntPG]

naomi : // apg, I've always felt free to ignore posts that don't interest me//

thanks Naomi, you must find great interest in anything I post, as you always seem to be able to find them on AB and manage a cheery retort ;o)

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - it's pointless asking Khandro to look at anything 'another way' his superior attitude about activities in church are like all his views on religion - as fixed as the North Star.

[Khandro]

Andy-Hughes //it's pointless asking Khandro to look at anything 'another way' his superior attitude about activities in church are like all his views on religion - as fixed as the North Star.//

If you have nothing, or are incapable, of saying anything relevant to the original post, bring out the personal insults (from a 'moderator' too).

As I've told you before, you know absolutely nothing of my standpoint on religions or whether or not I even subscribe to one at all.

[andy-hughes]

Khandro - if you think that no-one, including me, is unaware of your faith, including your robust daily advertising of it, then you are delusional.

And don't cry wounded martyr, everyone knows better than that as well.

[Khandro]

As on most subjects, you don't know that of which you speak, but never let that be a hinderance.

[davebro]

I can't remember when I was last in a church or temple or mosque. Complete irrelevances IMV.

[Mamyalynne]

Another thread heading toward oblivion.

[pixie374]

//I also notice you disappear off a thread very quickly when proved wrong//

If only. I find "the wrong" words put in my mouth for 3 days, so I just correct it until the whole point has gone :-)

[elliemay1]

To change the tone a little, here's what won:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59490291

[naomi24]

I fear you are correct, mamyalynne.