tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post4574377434738418497..comments2024-03-23T05:16:23.443-05:00Comments on The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-13712074091667868872007-10-25T14:43:00.000-05:002007-10-25T14:43:00.000-05:00ANYTIME a holy placed is "decommissioned" I feel l...<I>ANYTIME a holy placed is "decommissioned" I feel like I've been put on the market as well. To be perfectly honest - and I don’t know how this is going to sound to you - I’d rather see it burnt to the ground than defiled by an apathetic and unscrupulous irreligionist. Isn’t that one of the ways we properly dispose of flags?</I><BR/><BR/>Tom and Cavey, I can understand your sentiment. It is heartbreaking what goes on in those hallowed walls. <BR/><BR/>And yet, I had the privilege, when I was a kid, of visiting St. Vibiana's as a chorister, and getting a view of it from the choir loft (back in the days of Cardinal Manning, whose ring I got to kiss -- how often is that done anymore?) It was an unspeakably beautiful cathedral, and despite this, and its historical significance, Cardinal Mahony longed to tear it down. After the Northridge earthquake, I can remember it was alleged that the cathedral was now too dangerously unstable ever to be repaired, an allegation that is clearly belied by its continued existence 13 years later. The earthquake provided the cardinal with what he thought was his excuse; he even tried to pull a surprise early Saturday demolition stunt, but was thwarted in this by citizens who got a last-minute injunction. <BR/><BR/>Contrary to the Cardinal's boast that the new "cathedral" will stand for five hundred years, at some point in the not-too-distant future, the people of the long-suffering Archdiocese of Los Angeles are going to need their real cathedral back. You can be damn sure a great many of them want it back already, and in order for their wishes to be fulfilled, it will have to remain standing.Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-60076539959888389072007-10-24T22:16:00.000-05:002007-10-24T22:16:00.000-05:00I'd be happy if this church were a community theat...I'd be happy if this church were a community theater or an arts center. http://www.coclubs.com/church/churchMain.htmlTiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384255448387954997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-9544531113974733292007-10-24T20:05:00.000-05:002007-10-24T20:05:00.000-05:00I'm playing for a show in a former church, but it ...I'm playing for a show in a former church, but it was a prot church. I confess to having sung in a former Catholic church turned into a concert hall. I also agree that I'd rather see a church leveled than defiled.VSOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400266818545081938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-65991806478536331482007-10-24T16:48:00.000-05:002007-10-24T16:48:00.000-05:00I couldn't agree with you more, TomI couldn't agree with you more, TomKevin Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019976622801954677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-38514048245998601352007-10-24T16:42:00.000-05:002007-10-24T16:42:00.000-05:00TomI've always felt the same way. Nothing worse th...Tom<BR/>I've always felt the same way. Nothing worse than seeing a "former" church being used as a restaurant or community theater, to name a few, with the possble exception of the wreckovations that the Moderninsts have done to existing churches.Former Altar Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751535074291354836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-1422369247890369172007-10-24T16:41:00.000-05:002007-10-24T16:41:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Former Altar Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751535074291354836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-7874468196781735832007-10-24T16:11:00.000-05:002007-10-24T16:11:00.000-05:00Vir-ANYTIME a holy placed is "decommissioned" I fe...Vir-<BR/><BR/>ANYTIME a holy placed is "decommissioned" I feel like I've been put on the market as well. To be perfectly honest - and I don’t know how this is going to sound to you - I’d rather see it burnt to the ground than defiled by an apathetic and unscrupulous irreligionist. Isn’t that one of the ways we properly dispose of flags? <BR/><BR/>TomTom in Vegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821971426359725229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-6298485902007344992007-10-24T15:30:00.000-05:002007-10-24T15:30:00.000-05:00The Old Server has a point--but maybe now we know ...The Old Server has a point--but maybe now we know why SoCal is on fire.ignorant redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718783732896413346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-75460855499346190532007-10-24T10:08:00.000-05:002007-10-24T10:08:00.000-05:00Hey, it's not much worse than what we've seen taki...Hey, it's not much worse than what we've seen taking place in his multi-million dollar NEW cathedral.Former Altar Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751535074291354836noreply@blogger.com