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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

WOW - just stunning.

Regarding the communistic digital erasure of churches, I wrote an article about 'year zero' in Cambodia where they dismantled a cathedral stone-by-stone. (Another Anglo-American overseas adventure, as it turns out). https://vicparkpetition.substack.com/p/year-zero-australias-digital-censorship

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Stephan Sander-Faes's avatar

Wow, that's something I didn't know--but I can't say I'm surprised at all about this.

You probably know that Nagasaki was home to the largest Catholic church in Japan prior to August 1945, do you?

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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

Yes - you know, I was just looking at all the Catholic saints and martyrs in Japan.

Look at this awesome man, Justo Takayama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_Takayama

His painting is next-level.

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Eva's avatar

For me very exotic and ornate, thank you

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Stephan Sander-Faes's avatar

Oh, it's both 'conventionally' European plus some ornamental additions. And: you're welcome!

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Stephan Sander-Faes's avatar

Oh, materials commonly used in the 16th-18th centuries, e.g., various stones, wood, etc, but it's thoroughly European(ised), albeit on quite a scale and with many wondrous additions.

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