12 most beautiful churches in America

[Turks]

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/01/17/12-most-beautiful-churches-in-america/?intcmp=features

[walkstall]

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/01/17/12-most-beautiful-churches-in-america/?intcmp=features

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 

[Turks]

No argument thee. 

[JustKari]

I go to church in a building we lovingly call "the garage", complete with concrete floors.  While I understand that praying in an ornate building might be nice, I would say He hears my prayers reverberate off the drop ceiling just as well as the flying buttresses of massive stone churches.  Beautiful, yes.  Necessary, no.

[Turks]

I go to church in a building we lovingly call "the garage", complete with concrete floors.  While I understand that praying in an ornate building might be nice, I would say He hears my prayers reverberate off the drop ceiling just as well as the flying buttresses of massive stone churches.  Beautiful, yes.  Necessary, no.

Absolutely

[MFA]

I can't get the link to work.

I love old and unique church buildings, but I'm anal about saying church buildings.  Churches are assemblies of people; not buildings.

*Edit:  The link ended up working--I've been to the Washington National Cathedral, but before it was finished.  I'm surprised my favorite is not on the list--Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, but maybe it's not on the list because technically it's now a mosque.



There is also St. Anne's in Jerusalem, notable not for its visual aesthetic but for its acoustics which are absolutely incredible.

[Turks]

I just tried it and it works.  Let's say "aesthetic beauty" or  "architectural beauty".      lI agree it isn't the building itself.

[MFA]

I just tried it and it works.  Let's say "aesthetic beauty" or  "architectural beauty".      lI agree it isn't the building itself.

See above...it worked the second time.

[Turks]

See above...it worked the second time.

Sorry, I posted in haste and didn't see that you got it to work.  All's good.

[MFA]

Sorry, I posted in haste and didn't see that you got it to work.  All's good.

Well, I posted in haste and missed the "in America" in the title...!

[Murph]

The Church of the Nativity is truly beautiful. (yes I know its not in America)

[MFA]

The Church of the Nativity is truly beautiful. (yes I know its not in America)

Really?  I was really unimpressed.

[walkstall]

Really?  I was really unimpressed.

   As I said.  "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

[MFA]

  As I said.  "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

True.  It's just that the churches I was least impressed with aesthetically were the two most significant in terms of historical religious value--the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.  I think if you saw pictures, you would know what I meant.

[walkstall]

True.  It's just that the churches I was least impressed with aesthetically were the two most significant in terms of historical religious value--the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.  I think if you saw pictures, you would know what I meant.

I understand MFA, my son is a architectural engineer.