Can anyone justify the ornate Catholic edifaces, The Modern Charismatic Auditoriums or the Massive Muslim ones. Where is the sense in this expenditure. A hill on open ground would be better and you could share, mix and mingle with others of other faiths.
People can pray and/or meditate anywhere any time.
Originally posted by Tirau Danin the good old days it served a function as a public works project and was about the only way anybody could pry some coins outta the deep-pockets and keep the local economy going.
Can anyone justify the ornate Catholic edifaces, The Modern Charismatic Auditoriums or the Massive Muslim ones. Where is the sense in this expenditure. A hill on open ground would be better and you could share, mix and mingle with others of other faiths.
People can pray and/or meditate anywhere any time.
Nowadays. its a reversal of the coin flow. Xcept I got no clue to what the Moslems do , or even if they do indeed have pockets, deep or otherwise.
Originally posted by Tirau DanBecause it rains outside people get wet, it is nice to have a building
Can anyone justify the ornate Catholic edifaces, The Modern Charismatic Auditoriums or the Massive Muslim ones. Where is the sense in this expenditure. A hill on open ground would be better and you could share, mix and mingle with others of other faiths.
People can pray and/or meditate anywhere any time.
to sit in. Sometimes it gets hot or cold on those hill sides too.
Kelly
Originally posted by Tirau DanIt's a people thing. People spend their money on what they want.
Can anyone justify the ornate Catholic edifaces, The Modern Charismatic Auditoriums or the Massive Muslim ones. Where is the sense in this expenditure. A hill on open ground would be better and you could share, mix and mingle with others of other faiths.
People can pray and/or meditate anywhere any time.
If it's baseball, then they spend the millions on the stadium (and the salaries!). If it's books, then on a library. To gather with other believers, then some will spend their money on a church or cathedral. The architecture will always reflect the purpose of the building. If it is built as a place where people will gather to honor God, then the building will probably be high and lofty, symbolically declaring its purpose.
People who have different faiths generally don't mix, but when they do it certainly wouldn't be where they are expressing their different faiths; that would just be chaotic. Just as the White Sox and "da' Bares" don't meet on the same field.
Yes, we can pray and meditate anywhere, any time. But we can't gather together to share in our faith and join with each other in fellowship without meeting in once place at the same time.
I think my deepest thought was that their is too much commercialisation of the churches these days.. music comfort decor and peripheral business.
A local parish of 130 members was to build a new church.. they decided to borrow 5 million. they lost members who said the new building on paper looked like an soulless auditorium (the curved roof glass ended ones). A cheap warm building that they could have worked on ourselves would have been wiser.
People go to watch kids play sport in the rain.. churches could utilise and share buildings..many of which are under-used then spend money elsewhere.
I've never seen an ornate bank Kirksey but Govt buildings.. yup! but then that sort of goes for my arguement because they smack of corruption.
Originally posted by Tirau DanThere have been a lot of foolish people in charge of churches, who have made bad stewardship decisions. They have spent too much money in many bad ways. Indeed.
I think my deepest thought was that their is too much commercialisation of the churches these days.. music comfort decor and peripheral business.
A local parish of 130 members was to build a new church.. they decided to borrow 5 million. they lost members who said the new building on paper looked like an soulless auditorium (the curved roof glass ended ...[text shortened]... t buildings.. yup! but then that sort of goes for my arguement because they smack of corruption.
This reflects badly on people who are Christians (at least nominally); but not on Christ. "There is salvation in no other name,"
Originally posted by Tirau DanDidnt God ask king solomon to build a grand temple in jerusalem, of Gold and bronze and ivory, and marble. Very ornate.
Can anyone justify the ornate Catholic edifaces, The Modern Charismatic Auditoriums or the Massive Muslim ones. Where is the sense in this expenditure. A hill on open ground would be better and you could share, mix and mingle with others of other faiths.
People can pray and/or meditate anywhere any time.
If kings and authority have grand places why not the greatest authority in the universe, i.e God.
Originally posted by dale21Matthew 8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Didnt God ask king solomon to build a grand temple in jerusalem, of Gold and bronze and ivory, and marble. Very ornate.
If kings and authority have grand places why not the greatest authority in the universe, i.e God.