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The Ugliest Churches In The World
Catholic Vote ^
| July 11, 2014
| JOHN WHITE
Posted on 07/12/2014 2:56:37 PM PDT by NYer
A little something for the weekend.
Over at Real Clear Religion, Nicholas G. Hahn III has a slideshow of the ugliest churches in the world. They represent several denominations, but the vast majority are – you guessed it – Roman Catholic.
Below are just a few of these architectural miscarriages, all of them Catholic. See the rest here.
TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Culture; Worship
KEYWORDS: architecture
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To: NYer
I am very familiar with the 4th one down...It’s a Catholic church...Inside looks just like the outside...Give you the feeling the walls are going to fall on you...Weird...
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posted on
07/12/2014 6:05:32 PM PDT
by
Iscool
To: NYer
To Cincinnati’s eternal shame, our own Solid Rock Church tops the list. God thought the 50-ft. statue of Jesus so hideous, he struck it with lightning http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9786. These chuckleheads actually had the effrontery to rebuild it.
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posted on
07/12/2014 6:36:02 PM PDT
by
wdk535
To: NYer
I see what you did there
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posted on
07/12/2014 6:41:52 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: AnAmericanMother
At night, when the moon is full, it is said people can hear the sound of marching, and the haunting sound of soldiers, singing in step..."Ooo - eeeee - hoo! Yooo - ho! Ooo - eeeee - hoo! Yooo - ho!"
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posted on
07/12/2014 6:54:56 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: NYer
Stacked metal cargo containers. Dreadful.
To: NYer
Any moment Jawas are going to pour out of this thing.
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posted on
07/12/2014 7:03:19 PM PDT
by
cothrige
To: cothrige
Strangely, the congregation is 50% droid.
Freegards
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posted on
07/12/2014 7:06:12 PM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: Oratam
This is the statue outside the offices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (usccb.org). It's readily visible to people that drive northbound on 4th Street N.W. headed toward Catholic University. The locals refer to it as "Jesus hailing a cab".
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posted on
07/12/2014 7:15:50 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: libertarian27
Very funny site. If I were King I would chain the architects in a prison built entirely of spheres. Watch them go crazy.
Those horrible homes. Basically human packaging.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is Calvary Church in Charlotte, NC. It is a giant diadem, kinda neat, I think:
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posted on
07/12/2014 8:44:25 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
To: patriot08
Reminds me of the Christ the King statue in Lisbon:
It was pretty magnificent!
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posted on
07/12/2014 8:52:03 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
To: NYer
I have no idea how St. Mary's in San Francisco, Christ the Light in Oakland, and Guardian Angel in Vegas made it on the list and this cathedral didn't:
Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles.
Pray for earthquake.
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posted on
07/12/2014 8:56:14 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
("Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground."--GKC)
To: NYer
Seems that a few years ago lightening struck "touchdown Jesus" or as comedian Dave Chappel referred 'big butter Jesus'
Also seems that a replacement vwas constructed
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posted on
07/12/2014 9:15:22 PM PDT
by
Stand Watch Listen
(When the going gets tough...the Low Information President (LIP) goes golfing)
To: Stand Watch Listen
Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona AX
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posted on
07/12/2014 9:37:46 PM PDT
by
Kozy
To: boatbums
Maybe the inspiration for the one in Rio, Brazil?
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posted on
07/14/2014 3:56:45 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
To: RichInOC
If the cross was not there, it could easy be mistaken for a shopping mall.
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posted on
07/14/2014 3:57:55 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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