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Near the Cathedral of Christ in Liverpool installed an unusual metal statue made of as many as a hundred thousand knives. True, these are far from ordinary knives, but the real ones. weapons taken from police stations all over the United The kingdom. For decades, law enforcement officers have confiscated criminals these blades. They were pre-disinfected and dulled, and then connected to one large statue.
The 8.3-meter sculpture depicts an angel with folded behind backs of wings stretching forward palms. According to the idea creators, this work is intended to become a symbol of peace against cruelty and aggression, however many locals, including parishioners of Liverpool Cathedral, were unhappy and even scared by such an innovation. Religious and simply superstitious English believe that the sculptor Alfie Bradley in vain started his sinister project.
By the way, it took the artist more than a year to create this strange statue, but the result was far from pleasant to all, to say the least – almost no one I liked it …
Critics are convinced that the knives used to commit crimes (including, of course, murders) are the worst material for making a religious statue, even though that the blades are very reminiscent of the feathers in the wings of an angel. Believers in in turn, consider that edged weapons on which (even on some) there is blood of innocent people, possesses rather devilish than divine power and energy, which is negative will affect the local church and its parishioners, not to mention the impact such a “dark statue” in general to our world, which recently and so shakes and breaks. Is the Liverpool Angel Statue Created far from accidental? ..
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