Electric candles

MooseJam

Pointless thread I know, but was in church the other day, Dundrum Church, it's very nice I have to say, and I noticed all the candles were electric, can't say I was too fond of them, it's just not the real thing, obviously you say , does anyone have an opinion on them ?

Soul Winner

MooseJam wrote: »

Pointless thread I know, but was in church the other day, Dundrum Church, it's very nice I have to say, and I noticed all the candles were electric, can't say I was too fond of them, it's just not the real thing, obviously you say , does anyone have an opinion on them ?

Mystery Babylon the Great running the show yet again. It is yet another example of pagan rituals creeping into church practice.

Good piece on it here

Run_to_da_hills

I would say lighting candles by the public is now an insurance issue with the churches, particularly the DIY offertory ones that anyone can walk in from the street and light. No harm, I hate the smell of wax in any church.

robindch

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I would say lighting candles by the public is now an insurance issue with the churches

Perhaps not too far wrong. It seems that candles generate dangerously high levels of carcinogenic and other pollutants:

http://www.burningissues.org/car-www/education/church_candles.html
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060819/fob3.asp

Catholics and orthodox christians watch out, I suppose?

sorella

Electric candles are tacky...

The smell of candles is a beauty also.

And the light they give...

kelly1

Soul Winner wrote: »

Mystery Babylon the Great running the show yet again. It is yet another example of pagan rituals creeping into church practice.

Good piece on it here

Yawn...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votive_candle

Dades

With the numbers of priests steadily diminishing, churches are experiencing a shortfall in the earwax harvest, forcing the introduction of alternative candle technology.

sorella

At the risk of being banned for offending a moderator, this has to be the most.... unsavoury..... threadkiller ever.

I was in a small Irish Church today, out in the country. There were three candles burning.

The Church was deserted.

But three people had been in to pray.

Blessings this night.....

Sister

Dades wrote: »

With the numbers of priests steadily diminishing, churches are experiencing a shortfall in the earwax harvest, forcing the introduction of alternative candle technology.

Dades

Apologies if my attempt at humour wasn't appreciated.

I figured this thread's flame was flickering even before the wind of my arrival.

sorella

For the oddly worded "apology'" we thank you; if it was such.

Candles are interesting things; they flicker and can be easily blown out.

Yet they give light in darkness, and so need gentleness and protection from harsh winds of all kinds.

And they burn slowly also.

Not a sudden harsh light like switching an electric light on.

And they are consumed as they give light; fragile, evanescent and thus poignant.

For we who know the Lord Jesus, they are a tiny symbol of the Light of the World. As they are consumed, so was His earthly life, Who is our Life and our Light.

In Convents and Monasteries, at the end of the Easter Vigil, when new fire has been struck to light the great Pascal Candle and then each Nun's small candle has taken light from that, we take a candle to each room in the Convent, with the Prayer that the Light of Christ may enter that room.

So the tiny votive candles are a symbol and a reminder of that. Small Easters.

Not some meaningless or pagan ritual.

And certainly not a cause for some especially crude "humour"

Blessings this night,

Dades wrote: »

Apologies if my attempt at humour wasn't appreciated.

I figured this thread's flame was flickering even before the wind of my arrival.

JimiTime

In fairness, Dades is one of the more respectful Atheist posters on these boards. I'm sure it was just a shot at humour, and not meant to 'inflame', hehe, Zing.

PDN

sorella wrote: »

At the risk of being banned for offending a moderator, this has to be the most.... unsavoury..... threadkiller ever.

No risk of a ban or an infraction, sister. However, I've seen much more unsavoury threadkillers in my time.

Asiaprod

Soul Winner wrote: »

Mystery Babylon the Great running the show yet again. It is yet another example of pagan rituals creeping into church practice.

Good piece on it here

I use them consistently, love them and the atmosphere they create.

Can I call myself a Pagan Buddhist now:D

sorella

Ah, YOU are "our" moderator ?

I just saw the word "moderator" you see.

You mean.. that a moderator from an atheist board came onto the Christian board and killed a thread?

Well, JEEPERS! Never heard the like:)

And I do not wish to know, thank you!!
"Whatsoever things are pure.. of good report, think on those things..."

Blessings this night to all

Sister

PDN wrote: »

No risk of a ban or an infraction, sister. However, I've seen much more unsavoury threadkillers in my time.

LordSutch

Electric Candles, 'Recorded bells', Backing Tracks instead of an organ, Songs instead of Hymn's, Overhead projectors instead of Hymn books, Cordial instead of Wine - what next 'an automated Android Priest'

sorella

actually rural Ireland is quite 'backward"

Thankfully so.

althouh the local Franciscan Friary plays the angelus followed by a rousing verse of a hymn; there are several different ones too.

I once shocked a PP by asking where i could get a large bell to ring the angelus in person ..



Yet I was glad to find real candles the other day.

Camelot wrote: »

Electric Candles, 'Recorded bells', Backing Tracks instead of an organ, Songs instead of Hymn's, Overhead projectors instead of Hymn books, Cordial instead of Wine - what next 'an automated Android Priest'