Sentences with phrase «erect shrines»

But when the Hebrew people did not erect shrines and temples all over their land, this would have made foreigners think that they did not care about their God or care whether or not the people of the land worshiped him.

So it's a bald - faced lie that erecting a shrine to the diabolical world view that justified 9/11 located directly in the path cleared in the wake of it's murderous destruction is gesture of peace.

As an example, one of Charlemagne's favorites, a scholar and Charlemagne's biographer, prided himself on having obtained by theft relics from the vicinity of Rome and erected a shrine for them.

Venezuela has long been erecting shrines to shortstops, from Chico Carrasquel in 1950 to Omar Vizquel in 1996.

-- and of course, the ultimate in self - erected shrines, the OOPL, first in Africa!

Miguel's secret musical stash isn't the only thing concealed in the Rivera household: While preparing for El Dia del los Muertos, when families erect a shrine — an ofrenda - of photographs of deceased loved ones, the boy finds a clue to his heritage.

From Software's punishingly difficult dungeon crawler is a work of art; if you're idea of art is tearing your own hair out by the handful and erecting a shrine from the shattered remains of broken controllers.

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A huge church dedicated at the shrine of St. Crispina, for example, was discovered at Theveste (Tebessa in Algeria), having been erected by a fellow Catholic bishop with an eye for superb craftsmanship.

I try to unravel some of the cultural aspects of the problem» the attempt to erect an empty «shrine» at the heart of western democracy» in the Spring 2012 issue of National Affairs, in an article whose title is taken from the Book of Daniel: «The Handwriting on the Wall.»

The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth is located 25 miles northwest of the spot, near the intersection of Highways 41 and 46, where James Dean wrecked his Porsche Spyder and died on September 30, 1955, an event commemorated by an unattractive, stainless - steel roadside shrine erected by a Japanese businessman.

Gomez - Rejon has erected a gleaming shrine to adolescent narcissism.

These shrines are erected to revere and pay homage to the lives of people who are victims of war, and / or died as martyrs.