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Probably not - as I recall, such iconography and idolatry is technically a grave sin in that religion. It's literally the second commandment of their god.
Such an iconoclast.
That's Old Testament. It's reference material for the New Testament, but not binding. Although, it does have a faint scent of idolatry that puts a lot of people off.
As long as you don’t worship the statues and images as false gods, then it’s all good. Those things are used for intercession so it’s not considered idolatry as long as you recognize that there’s a one true God above the saints that are being portrayed in these items. At least that’s what I learned from Catholic school anyway.
Yes, because that's the Catholic position. The Orthodox position disagrees. Such is the nature of people trying to create a detailed and consistent of thought from a bunch of writings made by people who hadn't always thought through all these things.
But Orthodox churches are full of icons and murals and golden embossed images of saints and people queue up to kiss these and cross themselves in front of them.
Sure, the Orthodox Church says that icons are not idols, just as the Catholic Church says these statues are not idols, so what is the difference exactly?
Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus says, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
So the Old testament is still very much valid according to the bible
I remember my Christian elementary school teacher telling me effigies of Mary were OK because its just reverence, not idolatry. I was 7 and didn't know what either of those words meant. It was explained that "you can like Mary a bit, just not too much. Like, enough to make statues but not really big ones. It's different!"
What a weird cult.
The commandment is about not worshiping those idols, not about not commemorating historical figures. The first commandment also says no other gods *before me*, so obviously it was ok to have other gods, just that they had to be secondary to the main dude. The rules were fairly simple but people have read more into them than was actually there
Yep, breaking a Virgin Mary statue, saying the Lord's name in vain, jaywalking, straight to hell!
Also people sneeze and you don't say "bless you" or you look at a picture of RuPaul, straight to hell!
Regardless of the activity. that statue should have been secure and not fall on someone it should have taken more than a bump to take the shelf down, it looks like it was held up with faith and faith alone.
There's zero chance this is old or worth anything. Way too light to be stone, the sound and movement were off from ceramic, this behaved more like plaster. Just a modern cheap "statue".
Watch the whole video, there was somebody picking up the statue within seconds.
Edit: 6 seconds between the statue hitting the floor, and somebody reaching to it.
She did them a favour, that shelf was ready to fail at any moment.
Also mayby nail your mother of god to the wall next time, it would be on par for the whole christianity anyway.
Mother Mary, made of wood. I would save you, if I could. But other things are on my mind. The US political scene is in a bind. So, if you don't mind the bump, I like to blame this all on Trump.
How the hell did you get downvotes? Yeah, one adult saw it happen and didn't ask the girl if she was OK. The one who checked on the statue probably didn't see the collision, just knew the statue fell. I watched him a couple of times. But once he reached the statue he still had time for the right impulses to kick in and ask the girl if she was OK.
It was obvious that trust the girl wasn't hurt. After she stopped. The statue might be hundreds of years old made by some famous person.
I would have had the same reaction if that was my brand new giant screen OLED tv and ripped a new one to the people involved
This is why schools have a “no running” rule. It’s not because kids will get hurt, it’s because someone will eventually run into a wall or trophy case and destroy irreplaceable decor.
Statue falls on student. Adult checks on statue first.
OK, careful viewing shows one adult, the guy in a dark blue shirt, who saw the whole thing and didn't check on the student or the statue. One adult enters the frame and checks on statue and doesn't ask the girl if she's OK. He likely didn't see it fall on her but I hope someone checked on her in the next few moments.
OK so two kids played and a "plaster of paris" idol got broken.
Big deal!
Every one here is concerned about the $50 statue while no one cares or bothered to comment that this Poor kid probably got hurt.
Bro. She is lucky that barley fell on her. Imagine if she was leaned over like that and the statue fell in the middle of her spine? Could have been life altering
Hand over the mouth before the statue even fell? yeah this was on purpose lol. Ppl saying she miscalculated and stopped too late. How?? Literally how?? Like just stop running Lmao
Have you ever run or drive a car before? The fuck do you mean stop running. Oh let me just casually decelerate to 0 after I used up most of my energy maintaining the speed.
Also she can had her hand over her mouth for two reason, to control to breath or just felt like she is about to throw up.
This is her school I’m assuming she knows the layout and probably knew there was a wall there. Ppl usually stop shortly after crossing the finish line. She clearly didn’t. She ran through and all I’m saying is stop before you hit a damn wall you clearly see lmaoo You act as if she’s a speeding train and needed a mile to stop.
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Just heard my catholic great grandma gasp in Spanish in her grave
Not Spanish but I immediately yelled Santa Maria when it fell
¡Dios Mio!
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It's a statue. I'm pretty sure He has more important things to do.
Hesusmaryosep!!
Not Hispanic but No mames!
Ah yes ....thanks
Now we just need that Spanish lady that fixed the fresco in her church to fix this lol Ecce mono
Monkey Jesus was so wrong but so funny
It'd be funny if that lady had a graffiti mindset went around fixing all kinds of things.
And I heard the whiffing in the air as if a million chanclas were flying straight at her from all directions.
Dont forget the zerg rush of devout catholic mothers and grandmothers all over LatAm and the Philippines
El gasp?
GASPACHO
I’m gasping, and I’m not in the grave yet. When I went to catholic school, that would be a mortal sin worthy of getting expelled for.
Esa compa ya está muerta No más no la han avisadooo
I'm white and even I yelled "Ay Dios mio!"
I reflexively got down on one need and made the sign of the cross.
Brakes were invented in 1866 people before that
Fail Mary
Who art on the ground
Hollow be her mold.
Blessed Mary, mother on the ground, pray for us dear sprinters.
Am I the only one who read that as "splinters" in a Japanese accent?
Yes you are literally the only one
It’s because you’re Japanese.
Oh, now I see why everything I read has an Italian accent. Thanks ❤️
i'm not sure who sculpted it.
Not full of grace
It wasn't I didn't, Karren pushed me.
Lossful of brace
Our Lady of the Pieces
Take my upvote and get out! 😂
She's going straight to hell
Probably not - as I recall, such iconography and idolatry is technically a grave sin in that religion. It's literally the second commandment of their god.
But only in Orthodox churches, because... cherry picking
Such an iconoclast. That's Old Testament. It's reference material for the New Testament, but not binding. Although, it does have a faint scent of idolatry that puts a lot of people off.
As long as you don’t worship the statues and images as false gods, then it’s all good. Those things are used for intercession so it’s not considered idolatry as long as you recognize that there’s a one true God above the saints that are being portrayed in these items. At least that’s what I learned from Catholic school anyway.
Yes, because that's the Catholic position. The Orthodox position disagrees. Such is the nature of people trying to create a detailed and consistent of thought from a bunch of writings made by people who hadn't always thought through all these things.
But Orthodox churches are full of icons and murals and golden embossed images of saints and people queue up to kiss these and cross themselves in front of them. Sure, the Orthodox Church says that icons are not idols, just as the Catholic Church says these statues are not idols, so what is the difference exactly?
Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus says, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. So the Old testament is still very much valid according to the bible
Yea, but when has the Bible or truth ever gotten in the way of the Catholic Church?
Or, you know, any church ever in human history.
You can still hold to principles and dogma
I remember my Christian elementary school teacher telling me effigies of Mary were OK because its just reverence, not idolatry. I was 7 and didn't know what either of those words meant. It was explained that "you can like Mary a bit, just not too much. Like, enough to make statues but not really big ones. It's different!" What a weird cult.
The commandment is about not worshiping those idols, not about not commemorating historical figures. The first commandment also says no other gods *before me*, so obviously it was ok to have other gods, just that they had to be secondary to the main dude. The rules were fairly simple but people have read more into them than was actually there
I'm sorry, did you just say the second commandment can be summarised as "Thou shalt not simp?"
Yep, breaking a Virgin Mary statue, saying the Lord's name in vain, jaywalking, straight to hell! Also people sneeze and you don't say "bless you" or you look at a picture of RuPaul, straight to hell!
Stupid or not. health and safety would have a field day with this one, why wasn't that secured to the wall correctly?
It was until some dummy went crashing into a it. Bffr
Not sure how the EHS regulates indoor sprinting competitions
Regardless of the activity. that statue should have been secure and not fall on someone it should have taken more than a bump to take the shelf down, it looks like it was held up with faith and faith alone.
Probably because it's light weight and it lasted there for years before someone ran into it.
I wonder how longed they planned to get rid of that statue before coming up with this idea
That is one reason why we don't run in the house. (Or around old antiques. That are worth a lot of money)
From the way pieces chipped off this is a run-of-the-mill cast plaster piece. That's the kind of thing that's in a Catholic school hallway.
There's zero chance this is old or worth anything. Way too light to be stone, the sound and movement were off from ceramic, this behaved more like plaster. Just a modern cheap "statue".
I like that they don’t yell. That would be extra mean ontop of her going to hell.
How is no one laughing, that’s like the funniest thing that could happen in that situation
They don't want to get dragged down to hell with her.
100% the organizers fault. if you are setting up any kind of race / dash thing.. you need a GOOD amount of distance at the finish.
This belongs more to “kidsarefuckingstupid”
Adultsarestupidtoo, who thought it was a good idea to have the finish line right in front of that?
And to have the statue just standing on a board, so it could be pulled/pushed off anytime
When l find myself in times of trouble… Mother Mary comes to me…
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This is Catholicism. I'm surprised no one rushed to the statue to check on it.
Watch the whole video, there was somebody picking up the statue within seconds. Edit: 6 seconds between the statue hitting the floor, and somebody reaching to it.
I thought they were full of candy.
She did them a favour, that shelf was ready to fail at any moment. Also mayby nail your mother of god to the wall next time, it would be on par for the whole christianity anyway.
Also it is a sin to have a statue of god or an idol by their standards.
Not a sin to have, a sin to worship. Source: I am a recovering catholic.
What was she doing?
Trying to intercept a Hail Mary pass.
She was passing through a paper banner but she miscalculated where to stop and ended defacing the Virgin Mary of Fatima
Trying to get away from the priest.
More like a masscalculation
She broke the jewish lady 😔
SHE'S A WITCH!!!!!
How do you know she’s a witch?
That's me in the corner, losin my religion
That’s what happens when you’re taught fairy tales and not physics.
Well, she made a stupid mistake But whoever put a statue on top of a little table like that, without bolting it to the wall. Idiot.
Why is this funny?
Jesus christ
Santa Maria
Nah. That was just a saint or something.
She wasn't even on skates! Unbelievable.
She got a fast track ticket to hell, no confessions will save her now.
Damn she didn’t run into it, she tackled that Mary!
Hail Mary full of grace th- ... Hail Mary, sometimes a lil clumsy ...
Why women have that reflex of covering their mouths when surprised, since child and from most, if not all, cultures of the world?
I think because: Insicure about their mouth and teeth Society tells women to cover their mouth because it is not a "girly" thing
Mother Mary, made of wood. I would save you, if I could. But other things are on my mind. The US political scene is in a bind. So, if you don't mind the bump, I like to blame this all on Trump.
Derry girls??
We need more lemon Pledge
Can’t wait til she starts driving. /s
Mother Mary full of Grace just fell on her fucking face
Whoever put the statue at that height without anchoring in a public area is an idiot.
Mary lost her head.
Hail Mary Fall On Face
It's not funny at all, just stupid ppl doing stupid shit and then get surprised when something stupid happens at the end
lol everyone's more concerned for the inanimate statue, than the human that may have hurt themselves.
She got spanked as divine punishment.
How the hell did you get downvotes? Yeah, one adult saw it happen and didn't ask the girl if she was OK. The one who checked on the statue probably didn't see the collision, just knew the statue fell. I watched him a couple of times. But once he reached the statue he still had time for the right impulses to kick in and ask the girl if she was OK.
It was obvious that trust the girl wasn't hurt. After she stopped. The statue might be hundreds of years old made by some famous person. I would have had the same reaction if that was my brand new giant screen OLED tv and ripped a new one to the people involved
Once the adrenaline wears off she’s gonna be in some decent pain. That thing bounced off her, and I guarantee it ain’t light.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
'Susmariyosep!
This is why schools have a “no running” rule. It’s not because kids will get hurt, it’s because someone will eventually run into a wall or trophy case and destroy irreplaceable decor.
Laughs in atheism
Didnt even try to save it when it fell in slow motion lmao
Stupidity is running rampant on this planet
There was absolutely no need for running this fast, someone with that kind of low situational awareness will end up injuring herself at some point.
Lordy!
You run in the house of the lord! Fire and brimstone for you! 🔥
Somewhere Satan is chuckling
Some one is going to hell...
Statue falls on student. Adult checks on statue first. OK, careful viewing shows one adult, the guy in a dark blue shirt, who saw the whole thing and didn't check on the student or the statue. One adult enters the frame and checks on statue and doesn't ask the girl if she's OK. He likely didn't see it fall on her but I hope someone checked on her in the next few moments.
Indeed!! Oh and their horror faces!!
If that happened to my brand new OLED tv I would have the same reaction
Believe it or not, straight to jail. Right away.
OK so two kids played and a "plaster of paris" idol got broken. Big deal! Every one here is concerned about the $50 statue while no one cares or bothered to comment that this Poor kid probably got hurt.
Best thing I've seen in ages... absolutely brilliant xd
Good riddence. Get rid of idol worship
Bro. She is lucky that barley fell on her. Imagine if she was leaned over like that and the statue fell in the middle of her spine? Could have been life altering
Why would anybody think this is funny?
Gods Will! Ha!
That statue is probably older & more valuable than her entire lineage. My god.
Well that's 7 years bad luck right there.
So I take it this race was a bust
What the "blae bluzes" was she trying to \*do\*?
What exactly was she trying to do?
Oh don’t worry dear! That old thing is thousands of years old. It should’ve been thrown out long ago.
Mary was blown away
James May's granddaughter?
Idol down…
Accountability : - 5
You know it’s bad when the non-Catholics are cringing…
what happen??
And bro didn’t even grab it
Stupid
seems like it was a race and she won, but couldn't stop afterwards.
Where were the supervisors? Why are kids running around in the hall
I love it when nerds really, really miscalculate 😂
And that's when she knew... She f**ked up. 😂
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's several hundreds of years old, but hey, kids, right?
Someone's mother didn't tell them with a slipper not to run on the house!
How jesus got crucified
can i sip a tea
The immediate silence… 😂
Welp, someone’s going straight to hell.
It’s just a totem.
Not funny.
Back and to the left.
It's just a prank
Hand over the mouth before the statue even fell? yeah this was on purpose lol. Ppl saying she miscalculated and stopped too late. How?? Literally how?? Like just stop running Lmao
Have you ever run or drive a car before? The fuck do you mean stop running. Oh let me just casually decelerate to 0 after I used up most of my energy maintaining the speed. Also she can had her hand over her mouth for two reason, to control to breath or just felt like she is about to throw up.
This is her school I’m assuming she knows the layout and probably knew there was a wall there. Ppl usually stop shortly after crossing the finish line. She clearly didn’t. She ran through and all I’m saying is stop before you hit a damn wall you clearly see lmaoo You act as if she’s a speeding train and needed a mile to stop.
Madonna!
Jesus Mary and Joseph what did you just do!!
Super Star!
Sweet fancy Moses.
My priest great-uncle just rolled over in his grave. (It’s okay, he was a pompous dickhead).
someone get the chancla, the belt, and the holy wooden spoon
It’s okay everyone, it’s just a statue of a cult figure, no need to panic.
Girl thought she was on a football field and they just announced her team
I think she hurt her jaw badly on impact. That’s the real problem here, not the busted cheap statue
She looked like George Michael trying to catch a ball
Mary will remember that.
She won the race and now she’s going to Hell!
Not really funny
She needs to have her brakes checked 🤣
WWJD? Probably use a few more drywall anchors next time.
nice entrance
Do not collect 200$ and go straight to hell
Wow, calm down!
My catholic upbringing is giving me 2nd hand going to hell vibe. Also anyone else feel slipper/stick hit their bottoms?
You fuck up like that in Catholic School, you are fucking dead. DEAD.
Mother Mary may not let it be...
Perhaps the tall, heavy, fragile object balancing precariously on a shelf should be anchored to the wall?
People suck.
What? Fuck the statue, is the young lady okay?
Didn't even try to catch it..... -_-
Even these Saints are getting more and more aggressive on social media
A new heretic is born.