The little church in which I was confirmed, in 1967.
I'm kinda partial to it, though I haven't been inside it in years. Living 600 miles away might have something to do with that.
Posted on 12/07/2014 5:36:40 AM PST by NYer
I don’t care for the round churches for two reasons.
First — the tabernacle isn’t usually within sight.
Secondly — when trying to meditate on the Real Presence at the altar, my eyes tend to take in the other side of the room and its people. Distraction, personified.
Tough! They can build all the beautiful churches they want, but if they’re destroying this country when THEY, REPEAT THEY interfere in the political process, then they are FAIR GAME, and I will fight back.
For all I know, you condone their politics.
Matthew 3:16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
Others draw the analogy out to include the Dove returning to the Ark with the Olive branch.
On a side note I do think the designs are nice from an architectural point of view, but hardly "Awe" inspiring or reverential in any manner.
I don't hate other Americans or religious organizations for their political views. I certainly would not hate Christian religions. Only bigots like you would do that.
“I don’t hate other Americans or religious organizations for their political views. I certainly would not hate Christian religions. Only bigots like you would do that.”
You seem to HATE a lot people, just by your personalized comments.
How about simply because (for the most part) they’re ugly.
And the seating inside a round structure is NEVER user friendly.
Agreed. The round seating places are usually pretty stark with the hard cement floors and uncomfortable wooden chairs.
I don’t like it even in public arenas. You feel like you’re walking through a maze just to get in and out.
Course, you are.
Thank you, Brother.
Words direct from the First and Final Authority.
WoooHooo! Maranatha.
The first circularly shaped Catholic church in the South, St. Michael, was built in Auburn, AL in 1966, only a few years after Vatican II.
I never could understand why they decided to build the church that way. It had to do with hiring a well known local architect, I think.
Oh, don't be so anti-Catholic about it. /sarc
The little church in which I was confirmed, in 1967.
I'm kinda partial to it, though I haven't been inside it in years. Living 600 miles away might have something to do with that.
http://www.amazon.com/Ugly-As-Sin-Churches-Forthright/dp/1928832369
Here is an interesting book on the subject.
LOL, thanks.
I totally agree with the writer on the topic of tacky design and absence of traditional symbols.
However round churches have a longer history than he credits. When the Templars came back to Europe from the Middle East, they started building round Churches - this would have been about 11th c. It is said that this was in imitation of the Golden Mosque in Jerusalem, which they held at that time, and utilized as a church.
It was God himself who directed the details of the Tabernacle. We are beings made by God with the ability to sense our environment. God speaks to us through our senses.
It is not religious bigotry to dislike a political message, delivered in the inescapable form of a religious homily.
Churches, whatever their shape, should be for worship. BobL is probably quite ok with someone giving their views the cafe, or a public meeting. But a church? Most inappropriate.
“It was God himself who directed the details of the Tabernacle. We are beings made by God with the ability to sense our environment. God speaks to us through our senses.”
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Reason less and focus on scripture more. God does not care about externals - it is what is in our hearts that matters.
Acts 17:24 (NIV)
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.
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