If the far left, Islam-pandering Christian-haters get their way, this nightmare scenario could become a reality. Modern architects have begun circling the charred remains of Notre Dame, proposing that it should NOT be faithfully restored, but rebuilt with contemporary features such as a glass roof, steel spire, or even a Muslim dome or minaret. French President Emmanuel Macron’s vow to “restore the magnificent cathedral to its former glory” has morphed into “it will be rebuilt consistent with our modern, diverse nation.”
Breitbart (h/t Jane) With leading academics and professionals in architecture generally being hostile to building or restoring anything in styles predating the infamous Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) and the Bauhaus school, they were quick to pounce when President Emmanuel Macron’s prime minister announced there would be a competition to “ask the question of whether we should even recreate the spire as it was conceived… Or if, as is often the case in the evolution of heritage, we should endow Notre-Dame with a new spire”.
The Telegraph published an article claiming it would be a “travesty” to restore Notre Dame as it was just a day after the fire, while Rolling Stone quoted a Harvard architecture historian as saying that the burning of a building “so overburdened with meaning… feels like an act of liberation.”
Now proposals for a new spire are beginning to come together, and leading architects do indeed appear to be pushing for a “contemporary” replacement in the ubiquitous glass and steel style used for modern buildings all over the world.
Lord Norman Foster, arguably Britain’s most famous modern architect, has unveiled a design topping the ancient cathedral with a glass and steel canopy with a featureless glass and steel spire, which he describes as “a work of art about light” which would be “contemporary and very spiritual and capture the confident spirit of the time” in comments to The Times.
Ian Ritchie, a modern architect most famous for the so-called Spire of Dublin — a metal spike erected in the Irish capital — is mulling a proposal along similar lines, which he describes as “a refracting, super-slender reflecting crystal to heaven” or a “beautiful contemporary tracery of glass crystals and stainless steel” — i.e. a featureless glass and steel spire.
Perhaps most controversial is a proposal in Domus, the architecture magazine, by Tom Wilkinson, for the fallen spire to be replaced with an Islamic minaret, to memorialise Algerians who protested the French government in the 1960s.
“These victims of the state could be memorialised by replacing [the spire] with – why not? – a graceful minaret,” Wilkinson insisted.
“Macron said Notre Dame will be rebuilt consistent with our modern, diverse nation. That should be setting off alarm bells.” – Father @benedict_kiely reminds us that Notre Dame is a cathedral. Hear the interview on the latest #LauraIngrahamPodcast https://t.co/uDHSeCIbmQ pic.twitter.com/Tu8iNjkvgR
— PodcastOne (@PodcastOne) April 16, 2019
Why is there no any news about the reason of that fire?
Recently it came out, that a Jesuit-Worker (involved in those works) mentioned, that the fire
only could have been intentionally led by somebody, but he doesn’t know the person/group.
Who still believes that exactly during Christian Easter holiday this fire and the satanic terror
in Sri Lanka and elsewhere (Nigeria) was a coincidence?
And now, the “Notre Dame” is supposed to lose her true purpose and give it up, in favor of
an ideology that has for centuries only had problems and difficulties? Never, never – ever!
To hell with the “political correctness” imposed on us! It’s killing freedom o speech!
I wonder if all the donor’s now want a refund? I know i would.
Linda, you missed the whole point of the article. God is certainly free to do as He pleases. God CHOSE to respond to their love and repentance. That is NOT blasphemous at all:
Huysmans notes that besieged by such humility and love, God heard the prayers of His people and blessed their work. A cathedral started to arise.
Fast forward to now … will there be such prayer, humility, and repentance from those involved in the restoration of Notre Dame …which will besiege heaven, conquering it by love and repentance as happened at Chartres? The abysmally low number who currently practice the faith in France, would suggest not.
CHRISTIAN HATER Macron: “It will be rebuilt consistent with our modern, diverse nation.”
Diverse nation refers to the Muslims the EU and French leaders colonized Christian France with.
The beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt to PLEASE MUSLIMS. Muslims who CONSTANTLY DESECRATE, ATTACK and BURN down churches all over France and Europe.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14044/europe-churches-vandalized
European Churches: Vandalized, Defecated On, and Torched “Every Day”
April 14, 2019
…………..Who is primarily behind these ongoing and increasing attacks on churches in Europe? The same German report offers a hint:
“Crosses are broken, altars smashed, Bibles set on fire, baptismal fonts overturned, and the church doors smeared with Islamic expressions like ‘Allahu Akbar.'”
Well, at least, it’ll give the French something to discuss as they’re munching their baguettes, sipping their wine and pretending to understand Proust.
We all knew it was coming. Leftism poisons everything.
Can there be anything uglier than adding minarets and other Muslim features to a Gothic cathedral? The glass roof is slightly less ugly, but turning the cathedral into a greenhouse is not the best idea either. If you can’t improve on it, don’t try. A lot of these stupid ideas seem to be coming from the British, maybe England is trying to save itself by restarting the hundred years war.
Maybe they just don’t know how to rebuild it anymore and don’t want to admit that 850 years ago people could do something better than we can.
One has to wonder why the French care about their beloved Notre Dame, given the fact that all attendance and membership in ALL forms of Christendom is way, way down.
Church attendance world wide is down substantially, methinks..{?} and that lack of participation is probably due, in part, to things being taught in schools that conflicts directly with religious belief.
Add to this the many examples of hypocrisy and scandal that have been exposed in many mainstream churches of all denominations…and one can see why these people have fallen away. Churches all over the world are being abandoned and sold off…due to lack of interest.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people will mock and ridicule people of faith when things are running smoothly in their lives’…but let the shit hit the fan, such as terminal illness, sudden life threatening events when death is imminent…and THEN they get all sobby eyed and start praying like fools when they realize there is nothing else to turn to at their moment of truth.
IMNSHO, this is rampant in almost every aspect of our modern, secular world.
So one must wonder why any of these type give a shit about what happens to Notre Dame.
Christendom is in terminal decline and will be extinct sometime in the future.
CHRISTENDOM…NOT Christianity…there is, IMNSHO, a huge, vast difference.
Maybe, when they wake up to the fact that Islam is on the rise and is indeed a very real and oncoming threat to our entire way of living…then…MAYBE they will take the necessary action to confront it head on and eradicate it’s smutty blight from the face of the earth.
I cannot imagine the French people wanting Notre Dame cathedral rebuilt with anything resembling a minaret, regardless of the drop in church attendance, indicating a less religious people. I would think the French people would feel nostalgic about Notre Dame cathedral, and want to protect it. Even though they may not believe or attend church, many French people’s parents were believers and took them to church. They still feel affinity towards the church simply because it is familiar, and was home to mom and dad. In short, the French people have historic and emotional ties to Christianity, but have no good will toward Islam, and they will reject a minaret on the cathedral of Notre Dame. Those presently pushing for architectural changes which reflect a “multi-faith” population are bowing to the Christianity-hating far left.
I am betting there are laws in Paris, as there are everywhere I have lived, which prevent changes to buildings in neighborhoods build during certain periods, preserving the architectural style of the area. And there are always laws which protect historic buildings, preserving their architecture in the greatest detail. Then again, these laws seem most intensely and meticulously invoked and adhered to when the building in question is a historic landmark of great significance, like the Notre Dame cathedral. Why doesn’t the leftist vagina Macron protect this world famous historic landmark?
Politically the influence of the Church is much lower than any time in my lifetime. The far left has gone on the offensive, using the media to affect popular opinion about Christianity, while they defend Islam. The left has made an alliance with Islamists. I am sure the media in France will defend Macron as he tries to sell his idea of rebuilding the cathedral to reflect the “modern, diverse nation” of France.
But I believe the left has attempted too much here.
This is too obviously a leftist/Islamist attack on the church, and on France itself. If Macron wants a building which reflects a modern diverse nation, he has architects who can design one for that purpose. Will he propose putting crosses on top of the minarets on mosques in France also? Of course not. Because the real idea is two-fold: 1- to appease his Islamist backers by giving them a victory trophy, (and what better signifies a Muslim takeover of France than placing a minaret on top of the Notre Dame cathedral?), and 2- to continue the leftist “de-Christianizing” of nations by destroying a landmark Christian church.
I think Macron and the Islamists have gone too far this time. Even though we won’t be told the truth about the fire (what does anyone expect? that the government will start telling the people the truth?), the people can see that this was likely a planned event, because within the weeks before the fire, police arrested a Muslim woman who wanted to burn down the cathedral. That was in the news. So, coincidence?
And now, instead of wanting to preserve a historic landmark, Macron wants it rebuilt to reflect “diversity”, not Christianity.
I fully expect the French people to rise up against any plans on turning the cathedral into a leftist monument to diversity, or a mosque.
(By the way, where is the Catholic Church in all of this? Do they have anything to do with this at all? Who owns the Notre Dame cathedral?)
Have a look here :
https://twitter.com/ArchitectsBmw/status/1120790928996933632
It sounds like it is an ACTUAL project !!!!! :O
I wouldn’t be surprised. They have already called for architects to submit ideas.
I am no Catholic…and to be honest, I have little respect for the Catholic church…no disrespect to Catholic people whatsoever…they have their right to “worship” however they want…HOWEVER…
What does the Catholic church/Vatican/rank-and-file Catholics have to say about these secular influences???
After all it is THEIR property. Wouldn’t you expect the Catholics to have the final and definitive say into just what the hell is going to happen to Notre Dame???
Amboy, they are following the current pope who has totally embraced the enemy.
Oh you are as right as rain about that Milady…
Europe needs another Charles Martel.
I already called this. Of course it must be rebuilt so as not to offend the demon-worshipping Mus lims. I wonder if the millionaires who pledged to help will STILL help: Was this their plan all along? Or will Macron just tax the people more & more?
See how the “cartels” are coming to the Mexican border; & most recently, two US soldiers were detained, & their weapons stolen, there. Latinos (is lamic ones, too, as MS 13; plus hidden A rab & other Mus lims) are coming to position themselves to attack, the same way the hundreds of millions of Mus lims are preparing in EU: When the call comes for mass murdering citizens, these Muslims will start slaughtering. The Jizya tax (high taxes paid by citizens to suppot the freeloading invaders) will be abolished, as those in charge will take all the belongings of those slaughtered & use them to “take care of” the Muslims that survive. Soros, Rothschilds, the Liberal elite 1% have their seed bank; &will have plenty of land to live a life of luxury; while the remaining masses will be put in cities; be heavily vaccinated & implanted with Neuralink (or some other computer chilp to connect them all); & they will eat the GMOs & Soylent Green given them.
https://conservativefighters.org/news/pentagon-takes-action-after-two-us-soldiers-detained-disarmed-by-mexican-soldiers-in-us-territory/
Exactly this is what I think will happen. Notre Dame will be the new user friendly multi cultural center of Europe. Not a cross in sight I’m sure😡
A video of a summary of BURNING churches over a year period in France (without the numerous desecrated ones)
https://twitter.com/EnCausee/status/1120748479163392003
FR, did they ever arrest any suspects in those fires?
Sometimes, “youths” are arrested. Or some “unbalanced” person …. If the media hardly report the facts and the arrested people, they never report what happens to these people if they are ever on trial.
Here a link to a blog that reports on subject :
https://www.christianophobie.fr/
Am I the only one who thinks that the Notre Dame cathedral will be turned into a mosque? Lets face it, France tossed Christianity into the garbage, so it would be no surprise if the cathedral is converted into a mosque. Mind you I don’t like the prospect either.
No. You are 100% correct.
Its why it burned down, and its why they let it burn.
So after conversion into a nice ‘multicultural’ building, will Christian worshipers still be allowed to enter and celebrate or just banned?
If they pay the jizya at the back door.
Thanks for clarifying.
french need to take back their country and kick all muslim scum out
No no no & NO!
If they turn it into a mosque then someone should just blow it up, I mean obliterate it so there’s nothing but rubble.
It’s not that I think that rather than see Christians churches turned into mosques we should blow them up, but just in this case, with this church. If it can’t be a monument to Christianity , a historical monument as well as a House Of God, then I would rather see it destroyed rather than moslems get their filthy hands on it.
It would be like when moslems planned to build a mosque on the site of the Twin Towers…..it would be the intimate insult and for moslems the ultimate triumph.
If the French citoyens allow this sacrilege, they are finished and deserve what they get.
That moron Macron needs to go before he inflicts further harm on the country he is supposed to represent. He is basically handing France to the muzzies on a silver platter.
To clarify TrueBlueInfidel’s comment on the Jacinda mural: Some artist in Melbourne (female of course) has been granted $11,000 Australian dollars to paint a mural of Ardern in a hijab hugging a muzzie. Guess what Melbourne is full of? Ugly muzzies that would rather shag a goat or a camel than assimilate into western culture.
In mho, this is a miraculous, and precise, commentary as to why building such an exquisite cathedral was possible then … and highly unlikely now, even with modern tools and apparatus.
https://www.tfp.org/why-the-restoration-of-notre-dame-seems-doomed-to-fail/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Is+the+Restoration+of+Notre+Dame+doomed+to+fail%3F&utm_campaign=TFP190423+-+Is+the+Restoration+of+Notre+Dame+doomed+to+fail%3F
SAE, I’m giving an excerpt below from the article you gave.
I’m a Bible believing Christian and to describe God in this way is EXTREMELY BLASPHEMOUS.
From the article:
“Heaven was besieged, and conquered by love and repentance.
And Heaven confessed itself beaten; the angels smiled and yielded; God capitulated, and in the gladness of defeat, He threw open the treasury of His grace to be plundered of men.”
Linda, see reply above. SAE
The “Spire of Dublin” just looks like and oversized fucking knitting needle.
Architects were better 850 years ago than they are now.
I guess they’ll keep the two towers to hurl homosexuals off in Friday prayers.
Without a doubt the rebuild will have a very strong Islamic theme. There’s no point in rebuilding it AGAIN in 2040 when Muslims are in the majority. But then again, when Muslims get to greater than 20% they’ll demolish the lot and build a mosque. Just put a tin roof on it for now, it’ll better with stand future suicide bomb attacks than the Sri Lankan churches did with tiled roofs.
Good luck France, you’re going to need it as Macron’s dictatorship grows stronger. This little cunt’s building his super fund every time with a Saudi backhander a stinking Muslim piece of shit invades.
Mess with the design and they won’t get the millions of tourists they’re accustomed to.
This would be more believable at the Notre Dame University where they have abandoned Jesus and the Catholic Church and embraced multicultural secularism with the exception of Islam.
As Hitchen’s was known to say … ” Sometimes I wish there really was a hell , just so these bastards could be sent there. ” Then again I guess the minarets could have a Jacinda mural painted on them. The ‘hippy’ Jesus and the warlord paedophile slave owning fear mongering jihadist Mohammud sharing the same ‘skin’. Yep, that REALLY makes sense !!!
TBI, I am Jewish and this story made me sick to my stomach.
It can be their premier symbol of “Chrislam”.
To mark the grand opening of this atrocity, they can blow up Easter bunnies on the front lawn.
And burn some crucifixes too.
I am Jewish, and this makes me nauseous also.