Christ Cathedral, the former Crystal Cathedral, reaches 60 million of its 100 million fundraising

[dimbear]

goal to make it acceptable to Catholics:

http://www.christianpost.com/news/crystal-cathedral-set-for-major-renovations-to-reflect-god-catholic-worship-104921/

In view of Pope Francis' somber new emphasis on poverty and care for the poor, and with an eye to the several dioceses about the country using bankruptcy to stiff their victims, all of which are downers, let's celebrate some upbeat new reconstruction!
It's Orange Country, folks. They know how to do things with flair.

[coldmountain]

1. "Six Flags over Jesus"

That Garrison Keillor sure is funny.

[msongs]

2. waste of money by the eye of the camel crowd nt

[intaglio]

3. Funny how the "glory of God" gets funds

while the poor, the sick and the starving are given less help than a pet.

$100 f'n million for a building that will require thousands in air-con and maintenance and zero for a devout 83 year old dying of cancer.

[dimbear]

4. Interesting that to memorialize a carpenter who was so interested in wood, which recurs over in

His stories and deeds and destruction, folk choose to build in glass. I suspected Jesus would never have seen a piece, since it was so rare, but wandering around the internet I see it would have been used in jewelry in Israel at the time. It was that much of a luxury good.

[gopiscrap]

5. yikes