My Friend went to Italy and near the end of her stay there, stayed in a monastery. The room was blessed and had a cross in it on the wall. Her room mate was not catholic and said the cross 'creeped her out' and therefore took it off the wall and put it in a drawer. My friend put it back up and would not let her remove it again. Who was in the right?
2007-06-04 19:10:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
If it wasn't their house then they had no business moving the wall hangings around. The monks placed them there for a reason. They should respect the beliefs of the people who are offering them a place to stay.
2007-06-04 19:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by Some Guy 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Your friend was right, of course. If the other person wasn't Catholic and the cross/crucifix "creeped her out," why the hell did she go to a monastery in the first place? How would this person feel if someone went to her house and started moving her things out of the way and hiding them because they were offended by her beliefs/things?
2007-06-05 01:54:29 · answer #2 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you were a guest in someones house would you rearrange their stuff? It was wrong of the friend to take it off the wall as far as creeping her out she could have ask to stay in a common room with not cross.
2007-06-04 19:17:17 · answer #3 · answered by truely human 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your friend was correct. Her pal was out of line.
The room mate knew that she was travelling to Italy - a predominantly catholic country, staying in a MONASTARY for god's sake - obviously a catholic dwelling, yet that didn't 'creep' her out.
Had she been stricken by a lightening bolt - that would have truly 'creeped' her out.
2007-06-04 19:47:47 · answer #4 · answered by Pacifica 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would have asked the Abbot. Maybe he would have providentially said or done something that would have exorcised that mania from the friend that acted all weird. She sounds like she needed freedom from some phobia, and to have a Revelation of the Beauty that fear is driving her from.
2007-06-04 19:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by Travis J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both were for their own reasons.
2007-06-04 19:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by Tellin' U Da Truth! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When one is a guest somewhere, it is never polite to "redecorate."
2007-06-04 19:18:14 · answer #7 · answered by Patti C 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋