tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343948.post2014298438446105260..comments2021-03-04T07:22:27.731-05:00Comments on The Garriss Family: Doi SuthepJames Garrisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02407660842325087809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343948.post-5275027651227794972009-06-01T20:00:51.463-04:002009-06-01T20:00:51.463-04:00Somewhere there is a balance. On the one hand we ...Somewhere there is a balance. On the one hand we want to remember what God has done, but on the other we don't want to claim these memorials are efficacious.James Garrisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407660842325087809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343948.post-67200280247288538592009-06-01T09:30:14.090-04:002009-06-01T09:30:14.090-04:00We had the same experience in Hong Kong. Big beaut...We had the same experience in Hong Kong. Big beautiful shrines to dead gods.<br /><br />But there is something there that I think we've lost in Western or Protestant culture: the value of shrines & memorials.<br /><br />In the Old Testament, people were always setting up shrines or altars to God when & where He did great things. Catholics - especially not in the USA - I think still do it to some extent. We, as Protestants, I think deride them for it. It seems we consider such things idols.Jasenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17612368694261383142noreply@blogger.com