It is like a metaphor.
It sure is.
Notre Dame. The "Our Lady" is Mary [mother of Jesus]... Miriam.
Today in Jewish History:
Miriam's Passing (1274 BCE)
Miriam, the sister of Moses, passed away at the age of 126 on the 10th of Nissan of the year 2487 from creation (1274 BCE) -- 39 years after the Exodus and exactly one year before the Children of Israel entered the Holy Land. It is in deference to her passing that the "Great Shabbat" is commemorated on the Shabbat before Passover rather than the calendar date of the miracle's occurence, Nissan 10.https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=4/15/2019
“It is like a metaphor.”
Does that make it a simile?
But of course you’re exactly correct - European Christendom is crashing and burning before our very eyes, and the only question is, with 25% of this country atheist, absent another Great Awakening how long will it be before we see the same here?