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flac  ·  2863 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 25, 2016

Sidenote: going to Vatican city as someone who grew up Roman Catholic, was super aggressively atheist in High School, and now has settled on "I feel weird calling myself Buddhist" was kind of jarring. I really loved seeing how much it meant to some people there though - a few people broke down in tears at points, and it was really powerful seeing their devotion.

That being said, visiting the Vatican Museums made me want to start a second Protestant reformation. Holy shit, so much unnecessary opulence. I was as angry as I was awestruck.

Also, look at this gnarly crucifix: