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Hope it stays standing. Sounds like the organ and one Rose window may be ok.
Hope it stays standing. Sounds like the organ and one Rose window may be ok.
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Absolutely incredible to see the inside with really only water damage other than the gigantic hole in the roof. This will hopefully be a good excuse to finally shut the whole thing down and renovate it completely.Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
I also heard they took the statues around the spire down off the roof just last week as part of the normal work being done. Very glad they were saved."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Was pleased to see that over 600 million has been pledged in the first day - but if they want it as fancy as a Las Vegas Casino - it's going to need at least 3 billion.Originally posted by Moliere View Post
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Rolling Stone Mag ventures out into the political realm again... too soon?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortne...-fire-n2544919'Nonsense': Rolling Stone Magazine Ripped For Sharing This Take on the Notre Dame Fire
Can there be a take about the Notre Dame fire other than being in somber reverence for the magnificent and meaningful structure? Yes, apparently, courtesy of Rolling Stone magazine. On Tuesday, the outlet published some nonsense about how the cathedral was an eyesore anyway and was actually a symbol of oppression for many French citizens.
Another historian quoted in the piece, the University of Toronto's John Harwood, says it would be a mistake to view the building as little more than a Paris tourist attraction, according to Rolling Stone.But for some people in France, Notre Dame has also served as a deep-seated symbol of resentment, a monument to a deeply flawed institution and an idealized Christian European France that arguably never existed in the first place. “The building was so overburdened with meaning that its burning feels like an act of liberation,” says Patricio del Real, an architecture historian at Harvard University. If nothing else, the cathedral has been viewed by some as a stodgy reminder of “the old city — the embodiment of the Paris of stone and faith — just as the Eiffel Tower exemplifies the Paris of modernity, joie de vivre and change,” Michael Kimmelmann wrote for the New York Times. (Rolling Stone)
“It’s literally a political monument," he said. "All cathedrals are.”
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
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Interesting that a magazine would make a counterpoint to a very popular opinion. Never seen that before. I wonder if it will help them get more clicks.
I will add that it is interesting (in a non sarcastic way) to see French people mourn the loss of the building by singing catholic songs/hymns. There are so few believing Catholics in that city and even less practicing Catholics. I’ve probably been to mass more than most of them."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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So with the protests, strikes, and riots happening in Paris lately, we are considering canceling Paris and possibly even France out of our travel plans.
Are we being premature?"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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Early to mid-May.Originally posted by BigPiney View Post"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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You’ll be fine. They protest all the time. It’ll be back to normal by then. My brother is going there in four weeks and he’s not worried.Originally posted by Pelado View Post"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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That sounds a lot like what I told my wife. She is unconvinced.Originally posted by Moliere View Post"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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I’d be more worried about the next protest instead of this oneOriginally posted by Pelado View Post
"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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The economic landscape right now lends itself to frequent strikes.Comment
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Anyone traveling to France right now? They're on their highest terror alert after that Moscow terrorist attack.Comment
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Nope.Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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I know someone there right now. Looks like nothing they had planned has been impacted.Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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