what would it be like.

the building?

or the organisation and people?

For buildings, I like the Jubilee Church in Rome. Ultra modern :)

party_pants said:

the building?

or the organisation and people?

For buildings, I like the Jubilee Church in Rome. Ultra modern :)

yeah building

I mean though more if you had to (design) build a church, furnish it and such

transition said:

party_pants said:

the building?

or the organisation and people?

For buildings, I like the Jubilee Church in Rome. Ultra modern :)

yeah building

I mean though more if you had to (design) build a church, furnish it and such

My ideas:

Lots of light, but windows you can actually look out of if you get bored during the service. So mostly above eye level. A few stained glass windows that illustrate stories from the Bible if you like.

Designed for good acoustics.

Furnishings (in my humble) should be minimalist. But the pews must be ergonomic and comfortable. I like simple geometric shapes in contrasting colours. Things like the altar and pulpit can be a bit more elaborate.

party_pants said:

transition said:

party_pants said:

the building?

or the organisation and people?

For buildings, I like the Jubilee Church in Rome. Ultra modern :)

yeah building

I mean though more if you had to (design) build a church, furnish it and such

My ideas:

Lots of light, but windows you CAN’T actually look out of if you get bored during the service. So mostly above eye level. A few stained glass windows that illustrate stories from the Bible if you like.

Designed for good acoustics.

Furnishings (in my humble) should be minimalist. But the pews must be ergonomic and comfortable. I like simple geometric shapes in contrasting colours. Things like the altar and pulpit can be a bit more elaborate.

fixed

You’d make sure you could sell it and give the funds to the poor

>Designed for good acoustics

no sound deadening material on the walls then, like an anechoic chamber, you want to hear everything, with reflections. Gives a presence I guess doesn’t it.

what’s your ideal size church.

transition said:

>Designed for good acoustics

no sound deadening material on the walls then, like an anechoic chamber, you want to hear everything, with reflections. Gives a presence I guess doesn’t it.

what’s your ideal size church.

I think that depends upon the community of people that attend it. I think churches of less than 100 don’t work well and get get a bit cliquey. I reckon somewhere around the 300-500 mark. But couldn’t imagine the big mega-churches of 10,000+ like they have in the USA – those tend to look like basketball stadiums with the seats arranged in bleechers around the central stage. I like the raised stage with all the pews on flat ground level, but that’s just me.

sarahs mum said:

I want to enclose that is a huge transparent acrylic bubble :)

sarahs mum said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetheart_Abbey

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

I want to enclose that is a huge transparent acrylic bubble :)

a stain glass igloo

well there is that cathedral that has been under construction since the 1800’s or earlier iirc.

monkey skipper said:

well there is that cathedral that has been under construction since the 1800’s or earlier iirc.

The one in Barcelona? I don’t like it much – too busy.

monkey skipper said:

well there is that cathedral that has been under construction since the 1800’s or earlier iirc.

Sagrada Família, Barcelona. designed by Gaudi.

party_pants said:

monkey skipper said:

well there is that cathedral that has been under construction since the 1800’s or earlier iirc.

The one in Barcelona? I don’t like it much – too busy.

there is a church in Johnson Street Annandale NSW which is quite beautiful

All glass, so:

• The people who went there would be dissuaded by cautionary pressure to not throw stones.
• You could always see what those fuckers were getting up to inside.
• There’s a better-than-average chance of the parishioners getting boiled on a sunny day.

:-)

Rule 303 said:

All glass, so:

• The people who went there would be dissuaded by cautionary pressure to not throw stones.
• You could always see what those fuckers were getting up to inside.
• There’s a better-than-average chance of the parishioners getting boiled on a sunny day.

:-)

Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award, had an all glass church.

PermeateFree said:

Rule 303 said:

All glass, so:

• The people who went there would be dissuaded by cautionary pressure to not throw stones.
• You could always see what those fuckers were getting up to inside.
• There’s a better-than-average chance of the parishioners getting boiled on a sunny day.

:-)

Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award, had an all glass church.

IKR?

transition said:

party_pants said:

the building?

or the organisation and people?

For buildings, I like the Jubilee Church in Rome. Ultra modern :)

yeah building

I mean though more if you had to (design) build a church, furnish it and such

Simple answer. The Crystal Cathedral.

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One where the abusers all have their feet set in concrete.

Rule 303 said:

All glass, so:

• The people who went there would be dissuaded by cautionary pressure to not throw stones.
• You could always see what those fuckers were getting up to inside.
• There’s a better-than-average chance of the parishioners getting boiled on a sunny day.

:-)

As you can see, the crystal cathedral satisfies all these requirements.

There’s a story behind its construction. For starters, it was designed by people who don’t go to church. Specifically, people who go to church were excluded from the design process, deliberately.

There’s a lot more I can say about it.

https://theaimn.com/better-economic-managers-you-gotta-be-shitting-me/

mollwollfumble said:

Rule 303 said:

All glass, so:

• The people who went there would be dissuaded by cautionary pressure to not throw stones.
• You could always see what those fuckers were getting up to inside.
• There’s a better-than-average chance of the parishioners getting boiled on a sunny day.

:-)

As you can see, the crystal cathedral satisfies all these requirements.

There’s a story behind its construction. For starters, it was designed by people who don’t go to church. Specifically, people who go to church were excluded from the design process, deliberately.

There’s a lot more I can say about it.

mollwollfumble is on record as saying that the world is ruled by bad puns. The Crystal Cathedral has at least two bad puns deliberately built into its construction.

It was built during the “new age” era. A guiding part of new age is “crystal healing”, which is a pun on “Christ all-healing”. Hence the name and construction of “Crystal cathedral”.

For a second bad pun, look at the spire. There are generally two types of spires on churches. The pointed type and the flat topped type. This one is a hybrid of the two, it is reaching up towards a point. In this case “a spire” is “aspire”.

There’s a third pun present in almost all churches. The Christian cross, meaning angry and irritable.

Simple, friendly and comfortable, not ornate and a show of wealth all that’s hubris and showing off, stupid really as it contradicts what is being preached, more like a community centre which actually makes sense as it can be multi use.

In a word: Levels…

Cymek said:

Simple, friendly and comfortable, not ornate and a show of wealth all that’s hubris and showing off, stupid really as it contradicts what is being preached, more like a community centre which actually makes sense as it can be multi use.

All the fittings, altar, etc is designed to make you feel humble, insignificant and to be scared of god, what a horrible concept

furious said:

In a word: Levels…

What could go wrong

Or you could have a scary as fuck church like something out of Giger’s nightmares or the Church Of Unitology from Dead Space.

mollwollfumble said:

mollwollfumble said:

Rule 303 said:

All glass, so:

• The people who went there would be dissuaded by cautionary pressure to not throw stones.
• You could always see what those fuckers were getting up to inside.
• There’s a better-than-average chance of the parishioners getting boiled on a sunny day.

:-)

As you can see, the crystal cathedral satisfies all these requirements.

There’s a story behind its construction. For starters, it was designed by people who don’t go to church. Specifically, people who go to church were excluded from the design process, deliberately.

There’s a lot more I can say about it.

mollwollfumble is on record as saying that the world is ruled by bad puns. The Crystal Cathedral has at least two bad puns deliberately built into its construction.

It was built during the “new age” era. A guiding part of new age is “crystal healing”, which is a pun on “Christ all-healing”. Hence the name and construction of “Crystal cathedral”.

For a second bad pun, look at the spire. There are generally two types of spires on churches. The pointed type and the flat topped type. This one is a hybrid of the two, it is reaching up towards a point. In this case “a spire” is “aspire”.

There’s a third pun present in almost all churches. The Christian cross, meaning angry and irritable.

More about the Crystal Cathedral.

Did you notice that the interior of the church is completely free of all overtly Christian symbolism. That means it’s not offensive to Moslems, or atheists, or any other religion. You could hold meetings for any religion or secular group on Earth in there without causing offense. Even party_pants, rule 303, roughbarked would feel comfortable there.

With the indoor plants and water feature. A nice touch for making environmentalists feel at home.

The furniture is minimalist, looks like traditional pews but the seats are individual and comfortable and ergonomically designed. They’ve gone for beauty, too. And awesomeness.

I was initially worried about the lack of stained glass and great marble sculpture, but then I realised. Not only does that lack make it inoffensive to non-christians, it also is a great cost-saving measure. “Little expense has been spared in the eftort to make it appear that no expense has been spared.”