I read that Macron promises all will be restored within 5 years as millions of dollars of funding arrive within hours The older style of large scale construction are indeed very difficult to restore precisely as you've noted. Without the weight of the roof pushing the walls outward the flying buttresses have no restraint in pushing the walls inwards. Massive pole jacks may not even be enough to withstand these immense pressures. Still 5 years is a long time for these pressures to withstand
The Jeopardy kid won over 100 large tonite, making his total over half a mil. Guy's a brilliant juggernaut. Incredible range of knowledge.
Too busy paying settlements for you know what. In all seriousness, the Vatican has to think long and hard about this. Should they save all Catholic cathedrals all around the world, big or small? Will they tolerate Louis Vuitard banners during the restoration? Slippery slope.
he's totally changed the game the other players are trying to keep up w him but he's up four of five thousand before the game even starts the jennings guy did 2.5 mil over 74 appearances and he has 550 over 8 or 9! and he says he wasn't into school so i have no idea how he knows so much never seen anything like it but if he goes down it'll be on one of his massive bets guy is all in all the time and i think his job is professional gambler
poor person has no business going to USC, it may rot his soul. if you cant pay you should not be going to USC.
The holy see has the right or the biblical mission to take the money of god to retrofit old expensive architectural artwork? I thought the money of god was so there could be ample food in the granary. Now I'm no stickler for literalism but its a big step from feeding the needy to recreating ancient works of art for the tourist consumer. Seems like something got lost along the way.
.. no really..Thanks for the biggest smile yet today Although you might admit that all tourist visitation dollars DO go to the same church coffers.. thus feeding the church itself DOES permit it to feed the needy for longer.. or better
Two very significant claims not being made by 'other' Organized Religions Oddly your link cited the number as 20.8% which actually is closer to the 17% of total charitable giving. I suppose ideally you'd want the charitable giving to meet or exceed your % of the population but in terms of the billions involved it's honestly pretty close. Again I wonder about the other OR's giving rates fully expecting theirs to be markedly lower than their own population rates. Didn't waste the time to verify but I cannot imagine that the Mormon church contributes squaduch outside of Utah, as one example. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that evil, completely for profit, Scientology gives nary a red cent. Fear not, having traveled in many places in Europe I cannot see a time when the Catholic church is relegated to obscurity. Simply too many epic cathedrals, churches and parishes.. not to mention their own country, nearly all of which are the standard bearer to all other OR's and revered by even heathens, pagans and atheists. LOL. Also the Catholic Church owns some 177 Million acres around the globe making it the globes third largest landowner, so they aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Historically we should note that the intrusion of Islam into Europe has ebbed and flowed over the centuries. Many parts of Spain and France were owned and run by Muslims for centuries before popular revolt. In contrast the Catholics during the Dark Ages ruled/ruined much of Western civilization for 500 years but are still held in higher regard there today as far as I could tell.
@huh? Since we 'seem' to have made some form of loose peace from wildly different stances, I'd broach a touchy topic to state that I'm somewhat disappointed that the DSP right wing echo chamber has zero followers of Mohamed who care enough to defend their OR space. I guess the Dodgers are lucky in that way. Can you imagine if we drafted or traded for one? Holy cow I personally do not think it is possible to defend Sharia law and all the other various inanities they worship but since there are over 1 billion of these folk I'd find it entertaining to hear their weak defense... all the while watching you load artillery shells..LOL Why do 1 billion humans ascribe to this Islamic form of fable spouting? Of course I remain thoroughly perplexed at why Mormons worship their oddly defined and impossible to defend OR at all. It takes all kinds it seems
What can I say, i'm a protestant... rebel till the end I guess. Its not that im like 'that money could be used to help poor people starving in africa' or something. I hope its not a 'bottle of nard' type of thing. Just not a fan of tradition. It sometimes upholds bad moves that are now cemented in stone. Or in some cases wood. As more cultures join the group new traditions enter and paper over old ones. That's always gonna happen. But what about the roots though? Or who cares about the roots when the boughs are heavy with such golden fruits? Its a tough choice. Fruits are so much tastier than roots. Which one is better? Is it about your senses or something more evolved? How did it end up for old king shlomo with all the wives and all the diplomatic embassies/temples? Imagine if the church was a leaner more agile grassroots organization with no more than 3 levels of administration with smaller social outdoor venues of worship instead of a multi hierarchical imperium with castles and keeps worldwide? Against the current and coming threats I mean. Are we still fighting the good fight? Or are our generals fat corrupt old money elite leftist Zadocs and holier than thou new rich conservative Pharsees cought with their pants down one too many times without the ability to mount a proper strategy for the winning of hearts and minds to God because they have been too busy feeding themselves for far too long? Maybe. Maybe that was a way too huge of a sentence. I was dreaming when I wrote this. I know, i'm a dreamer. 'I'm not the only one' sounds like a menacing threat though. Probably the kind of idea that got what's his name with the horns kicked down out of you know where.
Seventh Day Adventist organization is the other religious group that is right there at the top of charity, food, health, education, etc... They also are the most pro abortion group that calls itself Christian. Which is a HUGE L for the team.
luckily we don't have to worry about that right now Cap btw, we have had muslims in the past here, mods and guys who helped a lot back in the earlier days of DSP. im good with a muzzie if you see a muslim dude and you ever think 'that guy might be a terrorist' other than jokingly of course... you are a toad.
Looking to agree.. and I do Good question, and hard to answer though I'll agree that large swathes of our world appear further out of touch the more that we're 'in touch' with technology. If that was a dream then it was a pretty insightful one Yeah actually not.. at least to other dreamers. We don't have to agree but I welcome seeing others 'trying' to envision a way forward better than the cluster we're in currently
A dose of humility is found to be good seasoning in most cases. Like tolerance and empathy The old adage of walk a mile in a mans shoes applies frequently myself personally I have enough of a hard time relating to Christians of many stripes the best I can muster for Muslims is 'well they are devout' which in my realm means more than one thing