Heterologias

Orazio Gentileschi, "Danaë", c. 1621: "Desde os gregos, vai para mais de vinte cinco séculos, se sabe que o divino é meta-existente - quer dizer, está para lá da existência, transcende-a. (...) Por muito que nos custe, Deus não orbita: exorbita. Uma exorbitância completamente fora do alcance da nossa bolsa e dos basbaques da nossa ciência." (Eng. ferroviário César Augusto Dragão Lopes da Silva, "Exorbitância", Dragoscópio, 5 de Maio de 2008). Foge daí, Danaë filha, que o gajo vai com o corpo celeste fora de órbita e ainda levas com ele! Não! Não ponhas a mão! (Bom. Está bem... Ao menos deixa a boquinha fechada...). Não é por acaso que a indústria lhe chama o "money shot"...

"Most religious buildings today are intended for congregational worship, where groups of people get together on a regular basis to celebrate their god and receive spiritual comfort. Ancient Greek temples were rarely used this way. They were meant to serve as homes for the individual god or goddess who protected and sustained the community. It was the needs of the gods that were most important. They controlled the forces of nature— the sun and rain which nourished their crops and the winds which drove their ships. Although generally benevolent, the gods could be quite capricious and were liable to turn against the community— so it was in everyone's interest to make sure that they should feel completely at home. Their houses were the finest, equipped with a staff of servants to look after their every need. They received daily offerings of food and drink along with a proper share of the harvest and the profits of any trading or military activity.

The god or goddess was represented by a cult image— usually a seated or standing statue— which occupied the central place in the temple".