[lbo-talk] Signs of the times

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Sep 20 07:38:52 PDT 2009


James Heartfield:


> Yes, but all those saints - that's a bit hokey, mormonish,
> even - not to mention those chintzy drapes, incense and
> scoffing (and crapping out?) bit of Jesus every Sunday.
> Papal infallibility? face it, it is a recipe for mockery. I
> am afraid the protestants' attacks on the fetishism of the
> catholic church are true, however much those delusions
> enriched art and culture.

Well that's a big exception. The barren walls and austerity of American Protestantism, at least its white branch, are the enemy of art and culture.

Doug



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