Why do Saints and Angels all have long second toes?

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Why do Saints and Angels all have long second toes (i.e. their second toes are longer than their big toes)?
Everyone at my local church seems to have long secons toes too (When it gets warm, a lot of people go in their sandals).
I know it’s silly but I feel as though I’ll be treated differently because of my footshape as I have a long big toe instead of a long second toe.
 
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Why do Saints and Angels all have long second toes (i.e. their second toes are longer than their big toes)?

Everyone at my local church seems to have long secons toes too (When it gets warm, a lot of people go in their sandals).

I know it’s silly but I feel as though I’ll be treated differently because of my footshape as I have a long big toe instead of a long second toe.
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Angels are spirit. They don’t have bodies never mind toes of any length.
 
Well, this is definitely one of the stranger posts I’ve seen…

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P.S. You’re fine. No one’s judging you based on second toe length. It’s a genetic thing, not a holiness thing. The artwork portraying saints is not 100% accurate, your fellow parishioners happen to have longer second toes, and angels don’t have toes at all, so you’re good.
 
Morton’s Toe is a condition when the second toe is longer than the great toe. Around 20% of the population has this.

Ancient Greek, Roman, Celtic and other cultures considered it a sign of beauty, leadership, being dependable, and other positive traits. Artists then began using this in their artwork and referred to this technique as Greek Foot to symbolize these supposed traits.

I hope that helps, answer a question for me. How come I remember stuff like this 🤣🤣 when I can’t remember what was for breakfast?
 
My second toe is considerably longer than my big toe, and I can assure you, I am neither particularly lovely or holy!
 
I saw something on TV once about the the enormous number of people who are now having plastic surgery for this. I don’t remember which way around it was – whether they were having their Morton’s toe artificially shortened, so that it wouldn’t stick out in front of the big toe, or artificially lengthened, because Morton’s Toe had suddenly come into fashion. Maybe both. Some want them bigger, some want them smaller. Some people are never satisfied with what they’ve got.
 
I mean in pictures and paintings, where they are depicted with human bodies.
 
You do know the paintings are before the age of tablets and mobile phone camera don’t you 😂.

You need a special IR camera to snap an angel though.
 
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The long toes probably are meant to anchor the sculpture so it doesn’t fall over. Think of tree roots and you’ll get the idea.

Living beings can just use their sense of balance to keep from falling over. Statues need to be designed to be stable.

(Why yes, they do mention the shape of the feet in the Left Behind books (thankyouforasking). I know way too much about a series with which I disagree.)
 
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shape of the feet in the Left Behind books
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Why do they talk about feet in a “Left Behind” book?
And is there a “Right Behind” book as well.
You’d think they would save money by just having a single “Behind” book.
 
Why do they talk about feet in a “Left Behind” book?
And is there a “Right Behind” book as well.
You’d think they would save money by just having a single “Behind” book.

The evildoers want to make a bronze-and-iron (get it? get it? get it?) statue of the Antichrist. A Saved! character tells the evil sculptor that he might want to cheat on the shoes, mke them bigger, so that [the idol] doesn’t fall. The gleeful sinner replies, what shoes? This statue will be naked! Ya got some hang-up with that? Which is all you probably want to know on that subject.

Right Behind as I understand it is a parody. So you won’t find them packaged together.

As for saving money, the L.B. series made a fortune by splitting up into 12 volumes a story that originally was going to be a large single book, a trilogy at most.

But back to the toes of the holy, you’re right, everyone. I hadn’t noticed that consciously. It does make sense with statues. So here’s my question: why do they have long toes in paintings?
 
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Okay, so I’m definitely not saint material if we use the second-toe-is-shorter-than-the-big-toe criteria.

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