A temporary problem has developed regarding the display of certain links/URLs used to retriev picturs stored on Photobucket which will hopefully be resolved soon.

{Regrettably a number of other links have become non-functional over time as presumably either no longer offered by the source or have changed to another server).

In the mean time with regard to those links/pictures stored on Photobucket - in place of where those pictures are supposed to be visible is a "square" from Photobucket advising the "bandwidth has been exceeded".

If you click on that "square" the picture that is supposed to display can usually still be displayed. This "bandwidth" issue should be corrected and the pictures restored and visible by the end of the year if not before.

And....Grrr82CU !!

I have just discovered that the entire "founding post" setting up the topic for discussion is missing !!!

I have alerted PDM as of 12/26/27

Hopefully this is the result of some technical "glitch" or server down for repair and will be restored quickly for those coming to read the topic.

I've been working on the issue of UniCode characters choking the system since the upgrade.

I've now got it to the point where the posts display, but with the characters not showing properly. A step forward, but not perfect. I'll keep at it until I can get them to display fully.

Thanks for the note on this Lisa.

I know the problem doesn't stand a chance with you working on it

I believe I've fixed this thread now. Let me know if there are any issues remaining in it.

It's interesting how the religious discussions were so enormous when the Da Vinci Code came out - and now few people care again. I suppose they care more about all the abuse the Catholic Church is doing right now, and the lawsuits that are helping victims, rather than worrying about the more esoteric doctrine issues. Somehow they seem less important now.

Regarding such characteristics in the art of the time, it has already been noted that Leonardo was the product of the Florentine School and as such incorporated the style of painting young men with feminine facial structures, expressions and arguably an occasional “hint of a bosom". Some have used the description of “gender-bending” to describe this aspect of some of Leonardo's work.

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Whenever there is an event related to religion or clergy, it seems to me that it causes people to discuss the event.

Whenever there is an event related to religion or clergy, I think it causes people to want to discuss the event. I don't see anything wrong with that discussion. And when there are some high-profile cases involving the church, it can't help but resonate in society.
I think The Da Vinci Code was discussed a lot because it talks about religious orders. People are interested in such mysteries because they are part of the history of religion as represented today by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ