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Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral engulfed by fire
Reuters,MSN ^ | 4/15/2019 | not listed

Posted on 04/15/2019 11:15:06 AM PDT by sodpoodle

PARIS, April 15 (Reuters) - Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames on Monday in a roaring blaze that devasted the Parisian landmark, one of France's most visited places.

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Flames burst through the roof of the centuries-old cathedral and quickly engulfed the spire, which collapsed.

A huge plume of smoke wafted across the city and ash fell over a large area.

Firefighters cleared the area around the cathedral, which marks the very center of Paris.

President Emmanuel Macron canceled an address to the nation that he had been due to give later on Monday evening. A presidential official said Macron was to go to the scene of the blaze.

"A terrible fire is under way at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris," Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Twitter.

France 2 television reported that police were treating the incident as an accident.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; france; koranimals; notredame; notredameburning; notredamecathedral; notredamefire; paris; shocking
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To: SkyPilot

Thank you so much for these gracious words. You have a true insight on this heartbreak which affects so many..

The catastrophe of a ruined sanctuary is a horror. Worse is the abomination of desolation in the heart of a God-denying person or nation.


201 posted on 04/15/2019 2:50:28 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (On ne voit bien qu'avec le cÂœur. "We see well only with the heart")
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To: dfwgator
Oh Sweet Jesus. When I think of Sagrada Familia my heart is in my mouth.

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

202 posted on 04/15/2019 2:58:10 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ( On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. - "We see well only with the heart")
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To: SkyPilot

Thank you for posting that.


203 posted on 04/15/2019 3:02:30 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: sodpoodle

Notre Dame fire caused by Muslims?

Just a hunch in case it rings a bell.


204 posted on 04/15/2019 3:16:09 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: SkyPilot
A closer view of the center of the famous South Rose Window of Notre-Dame.

This one window (there are 3 of them) is 42 feet across. It's made of thousands and thousands of pieces colored glass. The Rosette, as it’s called, portrays Christ in the very center of all this brilliance, in triumph, reigning as King of Creation. He is portrayed in heaven, surrounded by all of his witnesses on earth.

Below it are the sixteen prophets representing the heavenly court. The four greatest prophets --- Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel --- are portrayed as carrying the four evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The three rosettes of Notre Dame are among the greatest masterpieces of Christianity. I am in tears as I am typing this.

205 posted on 04/15/2019 3:22:28 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ( On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. - "We see well only with the heart")
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To: marajade
Likely due to renovation.

In the wake of numerous church attacks since February, it's likely due to terrorism.

206 posted on 04/15/2019 3:24:01 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (“Individual liberty and freedom are not outmoded concepts.”)
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To: grey_whiskers

Thanks for the ping.

If people are going to make assertions as fact, they need to provide the links, etc. Anything else is laziness. Sorry if that ruffles your feathers.


207 posted on 04/15/2019 3:24:14 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Mrs. Don-o

The window as built in 1250 (based on the internet). Beautiful.


208 posted on 04/15/2019 3:30:59 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

That stained glass was so beautiful. I read they were created and installed in the 1200s. And these were so important and meaningful to people when literacy was so rare among the population. Again, I am so sorry this happened.


209 posted on 04/15/2019 3:38:59 PM PDT by SkyPilot (("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6))
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To: RedMonqey
There are no forests in Europe to replace the timbers used to support the roof and towers none.

There are enough forests in Europe to build millions of Notre Dames. 10s of billion cubic meters of usable lumber. Perhaps you should clarify your statement?

210 posted on 04/15/2019 3:39:10 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: Moltke

Use steel trusses in the rework.


211 posted on 04/15/2019 3:40:37 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: sodpoodle; All

“Terror is not a means of imposing decision upon the enemy; it is the decision we wish to impose . . . .” Malik’s divine principal of Islamic warfare may be restated as “strike terror; never feel terror.” The ultimate objective of this form of warfare “revolves around the human heart, [the enemies] soul, spirit, and Faith.”56 Terror “can be instilled only if the opponent’s Faith is destroyed . . . . It is essential in the ultimate analysis, to dislocate [the enemies] Faith.” Those who are firm in their religious conviction are immune to terror, “a weak Faith offers inroads to terror.” Therefore, as part of preparations for jihad, actions will be oriented on weakening the non-Islamic’s “Faith,” while strengthening the Islamic’s. What that weakening or “dislocation” entails in practice remains ambiguous. Malik concludes, “Psychological dislocation is temporary; spiritual dislocation is permanent.” The soul of man can only be touched by terror. - The Quranic Concept of War.


212 posted on 04/15/2019 3:42:50 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: sodpoodle; All

“Terror is not a means of imposing decision upon the enemy; it is the decision we wish to impose . . . .” Malik’s divine principal of Islamic warfare may be restated as “strike terror; never feel terror.” The ultimate objective of this form of warfare “revolves around the human heart, [the enemies] soul, spirit, and Faith.”56 Terror “can be instilled only if the opponent’s Faith is destroyed . . . . It is essential in the ultimate analysis, to dislocate [the enemies] Faith.” Those who are firm in their religious conviction are immune to terror, “a weak Faith offers inroads to terror.” Therefore, as part of preparations for jihad, actions will be oriented on weakening the non-Islamic’s “Faith,” while strengthening the Islamic’s. What that weakening or “dislocation” entails in practice remains ambiguous. Malik concludes, “Psychological dislocation is temporary; spiritual dislocation is permanent.” The soul of man can only be touched by terror. - The Quranic Concept of War.


213 posted on 04/15/2019 3:44:20 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: sodpoodle

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This cannot be an accident!

Religion of Pieces at work!


214 posted on 04/15/2019 3:48:02 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: PGR88

Fires in these ancient buildings are impossible to fight if they reach the roof due to melting lead pouring down on the firefighters.


215 posted on 04/15/2019 3:50:13 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: V_TWIN

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Correctamundo!


216 posted on 04/15/2019 3:52:07 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Vermont Lt

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Not alarmism, just comon sense!
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217 posted on 04/15/2019 3:52:54 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: CondorFlight

"What was the nationality/religion of the workmen?"


My first guess (like many here) was that it was those "Hare Krishnas", working at this company...


       


(But, I could easily be totally wrong about that wild guess.)

218 posted on 04/15/2019 3:55:00 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: Songcraft

I think that security has been focused on someone bringing something in and there were the propane tanks a few days ago which was stopped.

But they never really looked at the workers.


219 posted on 04/15/2019 3:59:23 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Sirius Lee

Supposedly Notre Dam had very tight security. Why don’t we wait and see.


220 posted on 04/15/2019 4:06:54 PM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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