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Re:Why are the noses broken on Egyptian statues? by notahacker on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:37PM (#24792130)
Such iconoclasm is certainly not unique to Islam. Many older Christian churches in the UK saw their crucifixes, statues and stained-glass windows defaced by Puritans, out of belief that Catholic symbolism was idol worship rather than any superstition about the crucifixes having any actual power
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Re:Why are the noses broken on Egyptian statues? by treeman79 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:58PM (#24795312)
People worshiped idols. Chritians came and treied to convert them.

Heathen; “ don’t tread on me, I’m not giving up my idol!” Christin “okay fine, pray to this figurine of a saint”

Heathen: “so I can worship this idol of Saint Bernard?”

Christian: “ummm, itSs not a, ummm, okay close enough”

Proving once again that min/maxing arbitrary metrics leads to weird results.

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Re:Why are the noses broken on Egyptian statues? by mr_toad on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:58PM (#24796248)
Going even further back, the issue of idolatry was a major point of conflict in the early days of the Orthodox Church.
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