healey36 wrote:Would be interesting to know the architectural history of ornate brick-work as seen on that church. We have quite a bit of it here in Westminster which was settled primarily by English and Scotch.
Presbyterians?
healey36 wrote:Would be interesting to know the architectural history of ornate brick-work as seen on that church. We have quite a bit of it here in Westminster which was settled primarily by English and Scotch.
rogruth wrote:I like it.
healey36 wrote:Word comes now that no such buyer could be found and that the property is to be sold to a guy who will use it as the base of operations for his home construction business. Obviously folks are distressed by this, especially those with family and forebears buried in the adjacent churchyard.
Much like the old timber-barns, these country churches are disappearing or falling into disrepair at an accelerating rate. I guess it plays into this country's rapidly changing demographic and the constant need to reinvent itself, but it's painful...
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:...
On churches, I know of several where the numbers in the congregations are dropping rapidly below sustainable. But, several of these are Methodist churches ....
MurphOnMillerAve wrote:The building was leveled for something other.
I have no convincing idea why this seems to be happening.
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:It's generational and the younger ones are disillusioned with organized religion and see that structured authority as something unnecessary?
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:It's generational and the younger ones are disillusioned with organized religion and see that structured authority as something unnecessary?
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:MurphOnMillerAve wrote:The building was leveled for something other.
The land plus the future development was probably worth a lot more than the building........a tear-down.I have no convincing idea why this seems to be happening.
It's generational and the younger ones are disillusioned with organized religion and see that structured authority as something unnecessary?
healey36 wrote:Rufus T. Firefly wrote:It's generational and the younger ones are disillusioned with organized religion and see that structured authority as something unnecessary?
Totally agree. The younger crowd gets their religion from the internet. Almost anything that requires financial-backing (excluding the cell-phone) is cast aside. Car/health/life insurance...they don't need that, they're young and will live forever. Subscribe to a newspaper or magazine...they can get that for free on the web. Buy a car, house, furniture...what, are you nuts... Work for a few years before you expect to make vice-president...who are you kidding.
This world is going to look very different in fifty years ....
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