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Agnosticsherbet

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1. The Golden age of Iconoclasm, if such a thing could exist, was in Byzantium (8th and 9th century)

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Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:52 PM

Oct 2013

It was at work much earlier in ancient Egypt after the death of Akhenaten and his flirtation with monotheism and the worship of Aten. It reappeared regularly through history when one Pharaoh or another destroyed the images of his deified predecessor, which was a sort of political and religious iconoclasm. Christians often did it to the shrines of the gods they deposed.

Yep, it has been around.

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Religious beliefs on the Internet: Between ignorance and censorship [View all] rug Oct 2013 OP

The Golden age of Iconoclasm, if such a thing could exist, was in Byzantium (8th and 9th century) Agnosticsherbet Oct 2013 #1

It never left. rug Oct 2013 #4

Ho-ly Shit! UK Pagan Groups have been screaming about this - I guess the UK gov't is waving their Hestia Oct 2013 #2

Be my guest. The more it's known, the better. rug Oct 2013 #3

Surely there is room in the OP for a nod to the enormous wave of destruction which announced the dimbear Oct 2013 #5

Do you approve the on iconclasm? rug Oct 2013 #6

In general I wish folk would let the past survive, but realize that doing so would make history dimbear Oct 2013 #7

Humans are messy and history should be too. In trying to make us homogeneous history shows Hestia Oct 2013 #9

I fear the Roman Mithras has as little to do with the Persian original as the Roman Jesus has to do dimbear Oct 2013 #10

Hell, the Daily Mail is demanding 'strict age checks' before *anyone* is allowed to access stuff muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #8