Deeply theologically wrong

[fivemack]

On a little reflection, it makes perfect sense to have, standing at the edge of a large expanse of rice-fields, a little statue of a grinning god holding his large erect penis; he's a rice-god, and he's symbolically fertilising the rice.

However, that makes the action of the local who's stuck a condom on the divine member entirely inexplicable.

Comments

[lnr]

fx: cracks up

[emperor]

Maybe he's worried the God is actually Onan, and thus due to be struck down if he spills his seed?

:)

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't a condom have been just as bad, in the story of Onan?

[emperor]

hush!

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

PNG! PNG! :-D

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough, the Roman god who protects crops also has a great big stiffy: Priapus.

[sraun]

ROFLOL! And having to explain to my co-workers!

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

Could be a result of a local sex-ed or AIDS awareness class. You know, class ran overtime, instructor just missed that while cleaning up...

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

". . . he's symbolically fertilising the rice."

You know, that would explain the color of rice. . . .

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Some kinds of government price supports for agricultural products work by paying farmers to leave their land fallow. Could this be a religious connection to something similar?

Or really, really, passionate advocacy of a low-carbohydrate diet?

Or it's a mixed metaphor. Symbol connections between nature and the divine are *always* mixed metaphors. Rain is a great symbol of fertility, and the destructiveness of storms doesn't change that. I like that image of the god of controlled fertility, setting a good example, presumably for grinning worshippers who will each have exactly 2 children.