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Notre Dame to Reopen December 2024

My apologies to you PalacePaul, that old box of pipes is at this time beating the flying fuck out of everything ever made of transistors, from Casio to MarshallOgletree.
It is really repaying all the love that has gone into giving it a new life.
 
Religion or no, there is nothing so mean as a modern secularized church sanctuary/gym/multipurpose room.

There is no cross on the building. There is no raised ceiling. There is no sense of grandeur or meditation or contemplation or anything other than a generic stage and a presenter or a band. Amway or Mary Kay wouldn't pitch in such a base venue.

I remember visiting my local LDS church with the missionaries and was taken aback by how sterile and uninspired it felt. There was an austerity that was very prarie about it.

Since then, numerous non-denominationals have adopted the artless approach to their buildings. It speaks to a lack of vision, a cheapness, and a settling to the lowest common denominator.
So judgmental, but that’s the Christian way isn’t it? ;)
 
So judgmental, but that’s the Christian way isn’t it? ;)
The same as any OpEd writer, art critic, or passer-by on the street.

Architecture, ornament, austerity, empty spaces, ugly buildings, exquisite creations, and bad ideas are things we all like or dislike.

You can love or hate graffiti, stained glass, football stadiums, Olympic torches, Hummel figurines, primitive paintings, Muslim minarets, or mid-century modern design.

There is no onus to admire all things equally. Liking or disliking a fashion or design is honesty.

You impugn Christianity, if you actually do, suggesting it is some exception to judging other people and other things. All cultures do. All religions do.

Some recently have just bowed to political correctness to say otherwise, but when away from the glare of public pressure, all cultures hold their own culture in place of preference, and regard others as lesser. It is the definition of ethnocentrism, and the only people without ethnocentrism have been raised abnormally to attempt to stifle it.

You seemed to have a ready keyboard there yourself with judgments about religions. Fighting it, are you?
 
Fay Jones knew how to do it:
I had forgotten about Thorncrown Chapel, having visited there decades ago.

Again, that reiterates the point about transparent glass only in forgiving settings like a tall forest. It is a wondrous setting and masterfully thought out and built.
 
There are quite a few churches and cathedrals in France that I find much more impressive than this one.

But I admit I want to see the 'new' ND too. Right now we are at our pied-à-terre in Antwerp (as always when I'm on JUB) and we are leaving for Paris later this week.
 
One movement designed to recall the horror of the fire and display the power of the range and timbre of the instrument.
 
Just got back from Paris. Unable to get tickets but it was already fun to be able to walk around the Parvis in front again. Going back in the second half of January before we fly back to Asia and then we'll be able to go inside.
 
Just got back from Paris. Unable to get tickets but it was already fun to be able to walk around the Parvis in front again. Going back in the second half of January before we fly back to Asia and then we'll be able to go inside.

You are Amazing! My travels are the USA and Canada, so all I have are online photos of the cathedrals of Europe.
 
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