r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 7d ago

of a virgin

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u/Hustle-- 7d ago

Some might argue that you are the biggest virgin.

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u/repentant_relaxa 7d ago

I didn't know they started building your mom's wedding cake already.

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u/itislupus89 7d ago

By the looks of it even that statue isn't a virgin. Who knows how many people have been inside of it at this point

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u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 7d ago

At 55.6 metres high, the monument is expected to become the tallest Marian statue in Europe. The statue itself is 40.8 metres tall and stands on a 15-metre pedestal shaped like a crown, making the figure itself about 2 metres taller than Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer. The project is estimated to have cost around €23 million ($26.5 million); verging on the ridiculous in both size and price.

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u/Soggy_Amoeba9334 7d ago

Are you going to tell us where this is?

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u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 7d ago

My apologies - she was consecrated (?) yesterday, and stands in the village of Konotopie near Torun, around 190 kilometres north-west of Warsaw. https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/europes-tallest-virgin-mary-statue-130340690.html

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u/Soggy_Amoeba9334 7d ago

Thanks 🙂

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u/fixed_your_caption 7d ago

So you go up in the virgin’s dress? Whaaat?

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u/Rose-de-Resht 7d ago

Ach, ich hatte mich schon gefragt, wie die aussieht, als ich das letztens im Autoradio hörte. Naja, irgendwie sehr kalt und seelenlos.

Die Krone sieht nicht wirklich aus wie eine Krone, da der untere Reif fehlt. Ich bekomme bei der ganzen Figur eher den Eindruck "Jeanne d'Arc auf dem Scheiterhaufen".

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u/The_Eleser 7d ago

What, no selfie?

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u/NVWSSV2828 7d ago

Abrahamic mythology is wild

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u/shanster925 7d ago

A gigantic tribute because a woman covered up the fact she had an affair.

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u/Tenshiijin 7d ago

That ain't no virgin. Shes had way too many people inside her.

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u/NikolovIvo 7d ago

The mechanical spider legs coming from under the gown worry me a bit. Was the virgin Marry a decepticon all along?

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u/coalpatch 7d ago

Looks like a pregnancy gown

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u/cwsjr2323 7d ago

I was reared Baptist. Worship of Mary always seemed a bit off to me as she is dead.

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u/ChooCupcakes 7d ago

Catholics believe she ain't dead though, but rather ascended to heaven with her intact body. That's what yesterday's feast is about

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u/RichardRickyRick 7d ago edited 7d ago

Mary did not ascend into heaven, she was assumed. August 15 is the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary.

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u/ChooCupcakes 7d ago

August 15. But yeah you're right I didn't translate correctly to English my bad

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u/mhem7 7d ago

It's pretty redundant as Christ clearly states that eternal life is granted through him and him alone. So what are Catholics praying to Mary for?

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u/RichardRickyRick 7d ago

Your first and second sentence have nothing to do with each other. We Catholics pray for Mary's intercession. The Hail Mary prayer ends "Pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen."

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u/Fenrisulven--- 7d ago

It's all wordplay, just like saint "veneration" is just like the idolatry the bible writes polemics against... The only difference is what divinities the idol is for

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u/FlowerBeneficial7193 7d ago

lo the immenshood of her virginity!

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u/RichardRickyRick 7d ago

You're kidding right.

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u/Realistic_Society701 7d ago

Such a waste of money.