http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/01/17/12-most-beautiful-churches-in-america/?intcmp=features (http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/01/17/12-most-beautiful-churches-in-america/?intcmp=features)
Quote from: Turks on January 17, 2013, 09:47:58 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/01/17/12-most-beautiful-churches-in-america/?intcmp=features (http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/01/17/12-most-beautiful-churches-in-america/?intcmp=features)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
No argument thee. :smile:
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.
Quote from: JustKari on January 17, 2013, 12:08:34 PM
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 :smile:
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.
I just tried it and it works. Let's say "aesthetic beauty" or "architectural beauty". :smile: lI agree it isn't the building itself.
Quote from: Turks on January 17, 2013, 03:46:44 PM
I just tried it and it works. Let's say "aesthetic beauty" or "architectural beauty". :smile: lI agree it isn't the building itself.
See above...it worked the second time. :cool:
Quote from: MFA on January 17, 2013, 03:52:22 PM
See above...it worked the second time. :cool:
Sorry, I posted in haste and didn't see that you got it to work. All's good. :smile:
Quote from: Turks on January 17, 2013, 03:56:41 PM
Sorry, I posted in haste and didn't see that you got it to work. All's good. :smile:
Well, I posted in haste and missed the "in America" in the title...! :blushing:
The Church of the Nativity is truly beautiful. (yes I know its not in America)
Quote from: Murph on January 17, 2013, 06:59:15 PM
The Church of the Nativity is truly beautiful. (yes I know its not in America)
Really? I was really unimpressed.
Quote from: MFA on January 18, 2013, 10:32:52 AM
Really? I was really unimpressed.
:smile: As I said. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Quote from: walkstall on January 18, 2013, 04:37:47 PM
:smile: 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.
Quote from: MFA on January 18, 2013, 06:17:39 PM
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.
In my HS art class I was told I would be an awful art critic.
Quote from: Murph on January 18, 2013, 07:41:17 PM
In my HS art class I was told I would be an awful art critic.
:lol: Something young kid will not be told. Selfastean and all that. :ohmy: