(March 30, 2018 at 9:51 am)Libertarian God Wrote: So here in Tucson, Arizona a historic and very beautiful monastery has been sold. Unfortunately the monastery is not protected from being demolished because it is not registered as a historic place. However some plans that the buyer has is to convert it into a hotel or a spa. Personally while I am not religious myself nor do I have any personal connection to this building, this actually makes me quite uncomfortable for some reason. Seems it would be better to preserve this building to it's originality inside and out. It is only 80 years old, but still it is actually quite remarkable to drive by. We also have San Xavier Del Bac mission here as well which is also astounding. That thankfully is registered on the national registry. As I stated before, while I am not religious nor believe in a God, I do appreciate this architecture. What are your thoughts?
I think it is important to note that they did try to find a religious buyer, but that was a no go for them. Boy, if I was a billionaire or something I would buy buildings like these for a collection of the sort.
https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/hi...stery-sold
http://tucson.com/business/plan-unveiled...op-story-1
One former holy place being turned into a secular business isn't going to kill religion. There are 360,000 active houses of worship in America of all the world's major religions.
There is a former church south of me that is now an upscale restaurant.
I would not be for outlawing religion or doing such horrible things like Isis did in destroying the polytheistic art of antiquity, or what the Taliban did with the Buddhist statues. But if for example, say in the future, the Vatican went belly up financially, I would STILL keep the structure and art as a museum just like we preserve the pyramids.
Outside that, considering the volume of religious buildings, some of them being converted to non religious use isn't going to put religion in danger.
I even know of an atheist couple who converted a former Church into their single family home.
