{"id":31627,"date":"2020-12-21T13:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=31627"},"modified":"2020-12-21T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:10:05","slug":"saved-by-the-atheists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/12\/21\/saved-by-the-atheists\/","title":{"rendered":"Saved By The Atheists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Churches often have cool architecture. Consider this one near Stiege in Germany –and who is saving it<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Ask Hans Powalla if he is a believer and the immediate response is a firm “no”.<\/p>\n

Yet he and other villagers in and around the German town of Stiege have embarked on the Herculean task of saving a picturesque church by moving it from the middle of a forest into the centre of town.<\/p>\n

Former electrician Powalla, 74, said they were driven by the “unique architecture of the building” and the “meaning that it gives to the region” in the Harz mountains.<\/p>\n

The object in question is a stave church, or wooden church, complete with dragon ornaments on the roof, built in the Nordic style in 1905. [Channel News Asia<\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Follow the link to see the actual church<\/a> (the pic is copyrighted). It’s neat.<\/p>\n

And it’s cool that it’s being saved, regardless of the religious affiliations of those who are rescuing it. At one time, it might have been burned down, possibly with great joy, by competitors.<\/p>\n

At least in Germany, they seem to have gotten beyond that.<\/p>\n

And you have to like a church with carved dragon head ornamentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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