Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire

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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited April 2019
    brianlux said:
    Meltdown99 said:


    I guess some priest went into the burning church to save this.  Flip it over and it says made in China...
    It's made from hemp.  If you were to smoke some of it you would have a religious experience to beat all.
    The fire chaplain was the one whose mission was to go in and save it because he knew exactly where it was. Then his job was to choose what other art/artifacts to save.  If we are going to go with the symbolism - they only possess one thorn from the crown of thorns so this was built to encase it. 

    There is no way that the entire crown of thorns is intact, if it in fact exists, and one church would not receive all the pieces that remain. The pieces would be in several churches/cathedrals around the world. 

    EDIT TO ADD - My Catholic school upbringing gave me pangs of guilt in my doubt over its existence, esp on Holy Saturday. Catholic guilt can be a strong force, even in the non practicing. 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,890
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    180.000 bees living in the Notre Dame survived!
    That's fantastic....I'm not one ofbthe people mad about the rebuilding donations, but if everyone would redirect the donations to saving the bee population worldwide, that would make me very happy.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,646
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/still-alive-notre-dames-180000-bees-survive-cathedral-fire/ar-BBW6wTf
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    njnancy said:
    brianlux said:
    Meltdown99 said:


    I guess some priest went into the burning church to save this.  Flip it over and it says made in China...
    It's made from hemp.  If you were to smoke some of it you would have a religious experience to beat all.
    The fire chaplain was the one whose mission was to go in and save it because he knew exactly where it was. Then his job was to choose what other art/artifacts to save.  If we are going to go with the symbolism - they only possess one thorn from the crown of thorns so this was built to encase it. 

    There is no way that the entire crown of thorns is intact, if it in fact exists, and one church would not receive all the pieces that remain. The pieces would be in several churches/cathedrals around the world. 

    EDIT TO ADD - My Catholic school upbringing gave me pangs of guilt in my doubt over its existence, esp on Holy Saturday. Catholic guilt can be a strong force, even in the non practicing. 
    Thanks for the excellent description...much appreciated.  
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