Altar Decorations

I went to a Catholic wedding recently. Weddings are happy events, celebrating the continuity of life and intertwining of the couple's happiness. I see it as a happy moment for the couple and their family and friends.

Everything was decorated nicely. Each flower and fern has been placed aesthetically. The columns were draped with cloths. The seats have been wrapped in ribbons. A red carpet was on the center aisle on the marble floor. The altar - white and gold. Smiles were painted on people's faces. Everything looks fitting for a joyous celebration...

... except for that statue of a corpse of a bloody dude hanging by his hands and feet on nails attached to a barbaric torture device...