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    Adolph, there is no question that many evil people have used the institution of religion to indulge in slavery, discrimination, violence, and terror.

    The religious architecture, engineering, and religious art found in the great churches of the world - at least to me - represent noteworthy examples of creativity, undoubtedly derived from inspiration and devotion. That is a testament to the human condition that is striking over the broad arc of human history.

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    Very good point..
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    Saint Peter's Basillica, which has humanity's greatest achievement in sculpture, imo, Michelangelo's Pieta.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Saint Peter's Basillica, which has humanity's greatest achievement in sculpture, imo, Michelangelo's Pieta.
    Unbelievable masterpiece!
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    Basillica of the holy blood, Bruges Belgiun

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    Reason #157 why Christianity is dying, no great churches are being built today.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobb View Post
    Reason #157 why Christianity is dying, no great churches are being built today.
    Wrong.
    Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, built 1995 to 2000....then there is the Sagrada Familia being built in Barcelona....to name a few

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Wrong.
    Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, built 1995 to 2000...
    That proves I'm right (as does everything). Christianity is doing much better in Moscow than the US.
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    St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is probably the most impressive for me.

    But I would like to nominate two that will almost certainly never make anyone else's list. I nominate them because they were special to me during my two year stay in England:

    Lincoln Cathedral




    York Cathedral

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is probably the most impressive for me.

    But I would like to nominate two that will almost certainly never make anyone else's list. I nominate them because they were special to me during my two year stay in England:

    Lincoln Cathedral




    York Cathedral

    They might fall behind Chartes in the minds of some religious historians, but those two certainly make any list of the world's most noteworthy gothic cathedrals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobb View Post
    That proves I'm right (as does everything). Christianity is doing much better in Moscow than the US.
    That is not what you said originally, you just backtracked to modify your original contention based on my response to it.

    You do not strike me as an educated person, but I will not charge you for this history lesson. Outside of an interlude of 80 years of communist rule, Russia has been, in effect, a theocracy for 500 years. And it historically tends to be more devoutly Christian in a way Americans would not recognize.

    Our Constitution is strictly and intentionally secular in contrast, in keeping with our heritage rooted in the French Enlightenment.

    Want to live in a theocracy? Move to Russia.


    Wrapping up, the Trasfiguration Cathedral in Khabarovsk is Olga and mine favorite church in Siberia.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    That is not what you said originally, you just backtracked to modify your original contention based on my response to it.
    I originally said Christianity is dying. I didn't say it's dying all over the world. You strike me as a moron. FYI, fcktard, my theology is Dominionism. Eventually, the world will be a Christian kingdom. That theology is completely opposed to your moronic interpretation that I thought Christianity would cease to exist in this world.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    I do not begrudge anyone who thinks that religion and spirituality should be pure and simple.

    I used to attend Quaker meetings. Folding metal chairs and a simple room. Completely spartan and devoid of any aesthetic enhancement.

    And that was all perfectly fine with me.
    I love the few tiny little churches, like the chapel of St David's Mother, left over from before Augustine got to Britain to impose Popery, when we were still Christian, a very few very early Non-Conformist chapels like the one some of my family used to attend down in the Vale of Glamorgan, little whitewashed places when they could afford no show. and, yes indeed, Quaker Meeting Houses. You can feel 'the beauty of holiness' coming out of the walls! I don't know any Orthodox churches other than one a niece was married in, which was Anglican taken over, but I find the big Continental churches a bit soulless. As to Anglican churches, except where the local big family has taken over completely, I can live with them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    That is not what you said originally, you just backtracked to modify your original contention based on my response to it.

    You do not strike me as an educated person, but I will not charge you for this history lesson. Outside of an interlude of 80 years of communist rule, Russia has been, in effect, a theocracy for 500 years. And it historically tends to be more devoutly Christian in a way Americans would not recognize.

    Our Constitution is strictly and intentionally secular in contrast, in keeping with our heritage rooted in the French Enlightenment.

    Want to live in a theocracy? Move to Russia.


    Wrapping up, the Trasfiguration Cathedral in Khabarovsk is Olga and mine favorite church in Siberia.

    Beautiful...
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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