02-15-12 – Places of Worship – Page 4 – Its not photography, its Farktography

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February 14, 2012 at 4:16 pm #44385

Yoyo
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Are Muslim foot-washing rooms, Scientology centers and/or bible-study rooms kosher for this?

They have rooms for foot-washing where you are?!? All the places I’ve been have them outside, or have none at all.

February 14, 2012 at 5:24 pm #44386

Yugoboy
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how about buildings that used to have a roof? have some potentials of ruined abbeys churches in the UK and France.

I’m cool with that. I just didn’t want Stonehenge, or crop circles and stuff. It should be a building dedicated to some worship practice.

staplermofo – Scientology is a form of worship. I’ve got my opinions, but people believe it, and if you can make it look good (and it’s a building) go for it. The Muslim foot washing fountain – if it’s in the courtyard and you catch the mosque in the image, or if it’s indoors (as the one at the local mosque I’ve visited is), I can’t see a major problem with that. I suppose the “Bible Study Room” could work, so long as you’re not just shooting your den or something. If it’s like the Christian Science Reading Room sort of deal, I can see that being wedged into fitting the theme. The voters WILL let you know just how close to the theme you are.

February 14, 2012 at 5:55 pm #44387

staplermofo
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They have rooms for foot-washing where you are?!? All the places I’ve been have them outside, or have none at all.

A couple colleges and office buildings here have them. You can have only so many people washing their feet in the sinks and drying them with toilet paper before you look like an asshole for not providing a more dignified way.

February 14, 2012 at 8:09 pm #44388

orionid
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They have rooms for foot-washing where you are?!? All the places I’ve been have them outside, or have none at all.

A couple colleges and office buildings here have them. You can have only so many people washing their feet in the sinks and drying them with toilet paper before you look like an asshole for not providing a more dignified way.

Penn State has not learned this. It was always a higlight of my evening to watch my roommate try to get his feet up to the sink.

February 15, 2012 at 7:30 am #44389

Yoyo
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Penn State has not learned this. It was always a higlight of my evening to watch my roommate try to get his feet up to the sink.

New Mexico State doesn’t have any either, but I never saw my grad-school math partners wash their feet or pray. (Mech. engineering was only Chinese and Indians.) The only Moslem thing they ever did was ask if there was no work on Easter, er, um, I mean on “Spring Holiday,” and Ayman also asked, “why rabbits?” I never really thought about foot washing.

Of course, I have had much more interaction with Muslims since then. In fact, of all the mosques I’ve been to around the world, I’ve never visited the one in my home town. I thought about going over there, but the website said call in advance and the photos on the site showed architecture that wasn’t very inspiring.

So, instead, I did what New Mexico does best: Catholicism. Three churches along the El Camino Real, aka Highway 28.

February 15, 2012 at 8:53 am #44390

Farktographer
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Seems like from discussion this would be kosher, but I’m double-checking. I’m not planning on submitting this one in particular, but clearing it up for other ideas:

Line of Lanterns by Farktographer1, on Flickr

Just not sure because it’s not absolutely blatant that this is a temple.

February 15, 2012 at 2:49 pm #44391

ravnostic
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My god, I actually have my trinity. I was about to sit this one out in prayer–but a quick archive dive to Christmas and Colorado this summer (just before my xTi died, and has yet to be resurrected) saved me! Praise bejebus! Now, if only the voters would agree…

February 15, 2012 at 5:28 pm #44392

Yugoboy
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Seems like from discussion this would be kosher, but I’m double-checking. I’m not planning on submitting this one in particular, but clearing it up for other ideas:

Line of Lanterns by Farktographer1, on Flickr

Just not sure because it’s not absolutely blatant that this is a temple.

I see roof, I see walls… it’s a bit open, but can be another wedged in qualifier… again, the voters will have the ultimate say.

February 15, 2012 at 6:44 pm #44393

lokisbong
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Didn’t someone recently mention that Fark had upped the allowable file size? Can anybody remember what the limit might be now? I will just go by the old size limit if I have to but would love to post higher quality file size.

February 15, 2012 at 7:15 pm #44394

CauseISaidSo
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I want to say that it was 250K, loki, but I’m not absolutely sure about that. The last contest I entered, I had a couple at around 160K with no problems.

February 15, 2012 at 8:13 pm #44395

lokisbong
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Eh until I can find it or Fark changes the posting guidelines page I will just keep doing things the old way.

February 15, 2012 at 9:25 pm #44396

ravnostic
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It’s 250K. Same size limitations, I think, though.

February 15, 2012 at 9:52 pm #44397

powerfulkatrinka
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Methodist, Wesleyan, Christian Science, Episcopal,Presbyterian, Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran,Spiritualist, I think that’s all of them in our little WNY village. At one time the joke was we had more churches and bars per population in the country. I still can’t decide what to post.

February 15, 2012 at 10:08 pm #44398

lokisbong
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I don’t mind the size limit as long as I can post them at something close to original quality. I am not gonna re-upload this weeks but next week I will remember the new limits.

February 15, 2012 at 10:12 pm #44399

Elsinore
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So if foot washing rooms are ok, does that mean the photos do not have to be exterior shots?
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