I guess yeah, but I for one think it’s okay. They’re literally awesome. As in, generate awe. Can’t help but to feel awe whenever I stand by the Cathedral of Turku. It doesn’t relay well with images. Which is why I’d like to see the Sixtine Chapel someday myself. Also definitely the Pantheon. Such a marvel.
So, powerful people spending exuberant amounts of money on building institutions to enforce their power, is alright
I never said nor implied that.
I’m just saying I can appreciate the feelings of awe. Awe isn’t always just a positive thing, it’s just a powerful thing. And it’s obvious to me that those ill-gotten gains that were used to build the massive cathedrals actually did also serve a purpose. Since an institution which can generate awe like that is obviously going to be more influential than one which doesn’t. Especially in the middle-ages with a poorly literate population.
I’m interested in reading about WWII. I’d like to one day visit Holocaust museums to actually understand the scale of the horror. It too, would be a type of powerful feeling, kind of like awe, but I I’d hate to use the word in this context, as it’d be like awe at the horrendous things humans can become. But because “awesome” has such a positive connotation in modern parlance, I emphasise that I wouldn’t use the word in that context. Impactful. Yeah. That’s what I expect it would be. Staring at churches isn’t impactful to me, but since they do generate feelings of awe, I can understand that they must have been impactful to a lot of people throughout history. That’s not me defending the morality of said impacts. Just talking about them existing.
I guess yeah, but I for one think it’s okay. They’re literally awesome. As in, generate awe. Can’t help but to feel awe whenever I stand by the Cathedral of Turku. It doesn’t relay well with images. Which is why I’d like to see the Sixtine Chapel someday myself. Also definitely the Pantheon. Such a marvel.
So, powerful people spending exuberant amounts of money on building institutions to enforce their power, is alright as long as it generates awe?
Fascism through beauty i guess.
I never said nor implied that.
I’m just saying I can appreciate the feelings of awe. Awe isn’t always just a positive thing, it’s just a powerful thing. And it’s obvious to me that those ill-gotten gains that were used to build the massive cathedrals actually did also serve a purpose. Since an institution which can generate awe like that is obviously going to be more influential than one which doesn’t. Especially in the middle-ages with a poorly literate population.
I’m interested in reading about WWII. I’d like to one day visit Holocaust museums to actually understand the scale of the horror. It too, would be a type of powerful feeling, kind of like awe, but I I’d hate to use the word in this context, as it’d be like awe at the horrendous things humans can become. But because “awesome” has such a positive connotation in modern parlance, I emphasise that I wouldn’t use the word in that context. Impactful. Yeah. That’s what I expect it would be. Staring at churches isn’t impactful to me, but since they do generate feelings of awe, I can understand that they must have been impactful to a lot of people throughout history. That’s not me defending the morality of said impacts. Just talking about them existing.
Nice. I am going to start thinking of going to church like going to the Holocaust museum from now on. I like that.