Is that a church?

**~~Treffie~~** · 11-10-2009, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

The point is not one's personal taste but the fact that they don't look like churches , if you were shown that building without knowing what it was would you have realized that it is actually a church?

So a church must look like a church? Why?

**The Lawspeaker** · 11-10-2009, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Óttar

Gothic excepted. The Protestants started the trend when any old turdburgling farmer with a barn and two pieces of wood can make a church.

Do you mean these buildings here, Ottar ? I actually like them.

**Kadu** · 11-10-2009, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

The point is not one's personal taste but the fact that they don't look like churches , if you were shown that building without knowing what it was would you have realized that it is actually a church?

Feel free to write in a short paragraph what a church should look like.
You can quote someone else too if you like.

Originally Posted by Tony

It also resemble the Kaaba...

So does Rubik's cube

**Black Turlogh** · 11-10-2009, 03:49 PM

The Church of Chernobyl?

**Anthropos** · 11-10-2009, 05:57 PM

The 'looks like a Qaba' argument is not valid for a reason already alluded to by Arawn. The Islamic symbolism of the Qaba is similar to the Christian symbolism of the Heavenly Jerusalem, not just in outer form but also in meaning.

My opinion? I think it is hideous.

And it is a typical case of profane art and architecture, aided by supposedly Christian institutions, imposing itself on the Church.

**~~Cato~~** · 11-10-2009, 05:59 PM

It's a brave new church for a brave new world.

What an eyesore.

**Kadu** · 11-10-2009, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Anthropos

And it is a typical case of profane art and architecture,

Why profane, Anthropos?

**~~Cato~~** · 11-10-2009, 06:02 PM

Buildings that ugly shouldn't exist- it's like a it's the product of a bizzaro world Frank Lloyd Wright. Problem solved: Paint it black, put some Muslims in it and then have one of these make a house call.

**Anthropos** · 11-10-2009, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by Kadu

Why profane, Anthropos?

Because it is being announced that this great architect N.N. made this fantastic building. In tradition, the artisan is anonymous, and the making of any piece of art playing any role in the Church is carried out in the form of an initiation, a sacred and ritual undertaking.