...knocking on heaven's door.

faith seems to be the biggest artistic inspiration. 🙂

😊

hagia sophia.

saint-chapelle.

the holy mosque

washington national cathedral.

Faith and passion and art are very intimately related in my experience.

Originally posted by Punkyhermy
faith seems to be the biggest artistic inspiration. 🙂

😊

hagia sophia.

saint-chapelle.

the holy mosque

washington national cathedral.

Or it has to do with the immense money Religion was able to create (and spend on cathedrals instead of....well ending world hunger).

But impressive, no doubt.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Or it has to do with the immense money Religion was able to create (and spend on cathedrals instead of....well ending world hunger).

But impressive, no doubt.

Are you trying to tell me places like the Vatican don't need gold and jewel encrusted pieces of furniture and other luxuries?

How will God recognize peoples prayers (of any faith) if they aren't praying in extravagant doomed ceiling buildings?

Originally posted by Robtard
Are you trying to tell me places like the Vatican don't need gold and jewel encrusted pieces of furniture and other luxuries?

How will God recognize peoples prayers (of any faith) if they aren't praying in extravagant doomed ceiling buildings?

Originally posted by Bardock42
Or it has to do with the immense money Religion was able to create (and spend on cathedrals instead of....well ending world hunger).

But impressive, no doubt.

Agreed on both points.

But the sistine chapel...d00000d

the pyramids of giza.

saint-maclou

mosque mabvi

palatine chapel.

dome of the rock.

It is beautiful, hardly following the word of their religious leader like Bardock said though...

Really the Pope could just as easily spread his word from a wooden chair in the open air instead of what he has...

Pyramids are religious?

Originally posted by chithappens
Pyramids are religious?

They were supposed to facilitate passage to the afterlife in certain ways.

Punky, Pyramids aren't religious.

Didn't think so. I was going to need someone to explain that one.

They just didn't want emperors getting riches taken from the corpse because they were supposed to go to the afterlife rich or be shamed, hence all the traps. Not exactly religious.

Originally posted by chithappens
They just didn't want emperors getting riches taken from the corpse because they were supposed to go to the afterlife rich or be shamed, hence all the traps. Not exactly religious.

Eh, wordplay. Cultic, religious, whatever. The practice was tied to the afterlife. In fact their word for pyramid (the egyptians anyway) translated to "place of ascendance."

Originally posted by Ytse
Eh, wordplay. Cultic, religious, whatever. The practice was tied to the afterlife. In fact their word for pyramid (the egyptians anyway) translated to "place of ascendance."

But that is not praise to a deity. You can call damn near anything religious the way you are putting it

Originally posted by chithappens
But that is not praise to a deity. You can call damn near anything religious the way you are putting it

There are volumes worth written about that. So, you're correct. However I don't think it's relevant either way because the OP didn't mention religion at all.

I see what you are saying but the rest of those buildings are undeniably religious. I'm not willing to put the one with the question mark next to the others.

The Great Pyramids of Giza are absolutely religious. Perhaps not religous to a christian, but to the ancient Egyptian they were.

No, they weren't. They were burial sites.

Originally posted by RocasAtoll
No, they weren't. They were burial sites.

If you aren't sure of what you're saying, then you need not argue. The whole world knows they're tombs. But they were absolutely religious.

Doesn't this belong in the religion forum?