Why Kat Von D Will Not Get Rid of an Item in Her Home Some Christians Think Is ‘Demonic’

[Michie]

Kat Von D responded to Christians online who told her that a piece of furniture she has in her house was “demonic” and that she needed to get rid of it immediately. Von D said she would not be doing so and explained why she finds value in the piece.

“Yesterday, I posted a photo of one of my favorite pieces of furniture from my personal collection,” said Von D in a video posted Nov. 13.

“Surprisingly, but not surprisingly, I got a ton of negative feedback from my fellow Christian followers, who were calling the piece demonic and dark and telling me how I should just get rid of it and, you know, [saying to] get it out of my house as soon as possible,” she said, “which will not be happening.”

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Why Kat Von D Will Not Get Rid of an Item in Her Home Some Christians Think Is ‘Demonic’

 

[Michie]

Internet warriors of all stripes are insufferable imo. Keep your historical piece of furniture Kat.

 

[RileyG]

Internet warriors of all stripes are insufferable imo. Keep your historical piece of furniture Kat.

Maybe she should talk to her priest about that. (She’s a catechumen in the Orthodox Church), instead of random people she never met? Eh?

 

[Michie]

Maybe she should talk to her priest about that. (She’s a catechumen in the Orthodox Church), instead of random people she never met? Eh?

I’m sure she has. Ignorant people looking at an historical piece of furniture and calling demonic is a terribly embarrassing witness imo.

 

[RileyG]

I’m sure she has. Ignorant people looking at an historical piece of furniture and calling demonic is a terribly embarrassing witness imo.

Agreed!

 

[Michie]

“It’s that one right there,” she said, pointing to it onscreen, “and it is a cabinet that was handcarved in the 1800s. It was commissioned by Napoleon himself for his favorite cello player. So that’s why it’s in the shape of a cello.”

In her Nov. 13 video, Von D showed her followers “the beautiful piece” close up, pointing out “all these different, little, weird, whimsical monsters and creatures and musical instruments.” She then showed viewers a plaque with the Latin words, “In Deo Speravi.”

“It translates to ‘in God I have hoped’ or ‘in God, I have put my trust’,” Von D explained. “Gothic architecture uses monsters all the time, and it’s more for symbolic reasons. They’re meant to teach the viewer about good versus evil.”
“And you have to understand, during the time that a piece of furniture like this was created, not a lot of people were reading,” she said. “It was meant to be able to still teach these moral stories to everybody, regardless of whether you could read or not.”

 

[Delvianna]

You have to look at the point of the piece. Just because there's something "evil" looking on it, means diddly squat. People depict a battle between good and evil all the time, should we get rid of those paintings too? I think people are being hyper sensitive and are ignorant to the point. It sounds like the message of the piece is biblical and uplifting, and can be used as a teachable moment, so I personally don't see anything wrong with it and spiritual warfare is my ministry.

 

[Michie]

Just like gargoyles on historic Churches. Everyone is always looking at things through their own cultural lense. Art, Scripture, etc. That is the first mistake.

 

[JustaPewFiller]

Just like gargoyles on historic Churches. Everyone is always looking at things through their own cultural lense. Art, Scripture, etc. That is the first mistake.

I actually came here to say that the people criticizing this would probably have a conniption fit if they ever toured some of the old churches and cathedrals of Europe and noticed some of the carvings and sculptures

 

[Fervent]

I always worry when i see Kat Von D's name in the news...but then, she's always just Kathy to me. Glad this is for her standing up to armchair crusaders.

 

[FireDragon76]

Gargoyles and grotesques aren't necessarily about "good vs. evil", or to teach a simple version of morality, but I suppose that's the closest analogy for some people.

Grotesques are meant to be unruly, vaguely scary or humorous, that's precisely the point of them.

Even in our own time, we have "monsters", the modern equivalent of the grotesque, - like the children's television program, Sesame Street.

 

[Servus]

Just like gargoyles on historic Churches. Everyone is always looking at things through their own cultural lense. Art, Scripture, etc. That is the first mistake.

That was my immediate thought as well.

 

[Michie]

Grotesques on churches are purely decorative carvings, often depicting monstrous or whimsical figures, that serve a symbolic purpose of warding off evil and serving as a visual reminder of the separation between the profane outside and the sacred inside.