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Notre Dame May Be Rebuilt as a Secular Monument
Intellectual Takeout ^ | 4/17/19 | Rev. Ben Johnson

Posted on 04/17/2019 8:44:46 PM PDT by OddLane

The flames that consumed the spire of Notre Dame and burned the 856-year-old church to its foundations could have been doused by the tears of the faithful. If France heeds calls to rebuild the cathedral as a reflection of what modern “French people want,” the new structure may be flooded by their tears.

The fire, whose origins remain under investigation, was initially reported to have left little more than medieval stones, rose windows, and — make of this what you will — its golden altar cross untouched.

Donations nearing $1 billion have already poured in from around the world, without government compulsion. French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to rebuild the church within five years, a timeline as ambitious (and potentially, as unrealistic) as his plans for the eurozone.

“We will rebuild the cathedral to be even more beautiful,” Macron said...

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; koranimals; notredame; paris; secularization
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To: patriot torch

(Don’t confuse their beliefs by quoting Scripture)


61 posted on 04/18/2019 2:27:51 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: blueplum

“visual reminder to the demon what is going to happen to it if it persists in troublemaking”

Did a demon ever get scared off by a piece of ugly rock?

Seems made up.


62 posted on 04/18/2019 2:29:06 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Cold Heart

Yep


63 posted on 04/18/2019 3:20:45 AM PDT by MarMema (breeding tauntauns in northern Michigan - soon to be for sale!)
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To: mass55th
It will be interesting to see how Rome would react to any plan to change it. However, I don’t have any faith in the current Pope to do the right thing.

It will be a mosque in 3..2..1..

64 posted on 04/18/2019 3:30:02 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (“Individual liberty and freedom are not outmoded concepts.”)
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To: OddLane

We can only hope that Macron will hold the line. The government’s default position should be, “Notre Dame is a Catholic Church, and a cathedral. It is today a state property only because the state seized it and never returned it. It has become a symbol of France and is an important part of our cultural and artistic heritage. But it was built as, and it remains, a Catholic Church, and we will restore it as such. Period.”


65 posted on 04/18/2019 3:32:03 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: Persevero
Who is in charge of it. Rome or France?

The EU.

66 posted on 04/18/2019 3:42:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: 867V309

I’m not a betting type of person but I’d wager you would probably right.


67 posted on 04/18/2019 3:55:53 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: OddLane

The real destruction may be about to come.

The willful turning away from God.

Spurning an opportunity for redemption.

It’s said that people are not sent to Hell - they go there.


68 posted on 04/18/2019 4:01:39 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: mass55th

Henry VIII did not issue such an order. Many churches in England that had been catholic still stand, with one dating back to 597. This page lists the oldest buildings in England, with many being churches, abbeys, and cathedrals.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_buildings_in_the_United_Kingdom#500_AD_to_1000_AD

What he did do was order the monasteries and convents closed.


69 posted on 04/18/2019 4:03:42 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: blueplum

modern society deems it needs a victory mosque inside.


70 posted on 04/18/2019 4:29:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: OddLane

I hate this kind of news. A few libs in France thought this would be a good idea. The media picks it up and reports like it is what IS happening, when it is only what some liberals WANT to happen. This is fake news.


71 posted on 04/18/2019 4:30:15 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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To: laplata

>>The State owns all of the churches in France.

Something the US Constitution was established to prohibit


72 posted on 04/18/2019 4:32:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: henbane

And they can have a Euroglobal ribbon cutting ceremony

Opening of Swiss Gotthard Base Tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW5gklIKcDg


73 posted on 04/18/2019 4:37:19 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Mr Radical

more beautiful mean “better than the original”


74 posted on 04/18/2019 4:38:57 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Mr Radical

75 posted on 04/18/2019 4:40:20 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: sphinx

United Nations claimed it as a UNESCO site.

France doesn’t control it.


76 posted on 04/18/2019 4:42:14 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: OddLane

First thing I thiight when they said they would rebuild that they would make sure it has no cross or religious symbolism.


77 posted on 04/18/2019 5:24:49 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: patriot torch
I thought that was what downspouts were for?

They are the downspouts.

Why use idolic statues of evil symbolism?

I explained that already.

78 posted on 04/18/2019 5:28:55 AM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: patriot torch
Tarot cards, psychic readers, and ouija boards are all fortune-telling devices. Nobody (that I know of) uses gargoyles to tell fortunes. Fortune-telling is a sin against the virtue of religion and the First Commandment.

Additionally, ouija boards are used to contact unholy spirits for the sake of amusement, which is an even more serious sin against the First Commandment. Nobody (nobody sane, that I know of) attempts to contact demons through the gargoyles of Notre Dame.

This is a very odd obsession of yours, BTW. They're an architectural feature meant to be insulting to demons. Insulting demons was not an unusual idea in 1163. They have no other religious significance.

79 posted on 04/18/2019 5:33:49 AM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: patriot torch
nor are they drain pipes.

They most certainly are. Do your research, I did.

80 posted on 04/18/2019 5:34:47 AM PDT by Campion ((marine dad))
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