[nathanbedford]

I don't know if a worker accident or a radical Muslim set fire to Notre Dame Cathedral (as they have scores of other churches around Europe). In terms of what the fire represented, it doesn't much matter. What matters is the omen: Europe is burning, just as Notre Dame was.

Just as we do not want to let the perfect be the enemy of the good so we should not want to let the long-term necessarily be the enemy of the shorter-term, especially when the short term presents the more emergent and acute problem.

So I disagree with Dennis Prager, a venture which should give anyone pause especially when done publicly. I think it is necessary to determine:

1. The cause of the fire.

2. The extent of the damage.

3. The feasibility and cost of rebuilding.

4. If the fire was caused by Islamic terrorists, what does it tell us about the mentality of jihad, what implications should that have for immigration policy, integration policy, and defense of the public? What does it tell us about Islam?

5. Why and what does the grave damage to Notre Dame imply about the state of Christianity, its culture in France, in Europe, and in the West, quite apart from the cause of the fire?

[miss marmelstein]

According to freepers who are reading the Daily Mail, most of the comments were jokes about Notre Dame burning and we had quite a few jokey remarks about it here yesterday. I suspect Prager is right - Christianity is in major trouble and the burning of Notre Dame is painfully symbolic.

[Jim Noble]

Why and what does the grave damage to Notre Dame imply about the state of Christianity, its culture in France, in Europe, and in the West

It's a warning. "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand"

[Gene Eric]

Good points

Islam is a war plan.