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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer
This. When you have a roof to maintain, even the Church of Rome makes concessions to decorum. Plus, any bum in the seat is probably seen as a good thing, no? The technology may be over the top for some tastes, but it's really not such a big leap from using a church sanctuary for a secular concert, is it?
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Indeed... Lots of classical / musical non-religious events are held in churches (mostly because of acoustics) everywhere in the catholic world. It's not that big a leap to add lights and ambiant sounds at some point. I don't think it's incompatible with the church's primary function. Or is it ?
We have in Montreal and incredible amount of religious heritage to maintain. I think we should probably start to see churches as incredible architectural pieces with great architectural qualities (such as acoustics, quality of space, central location, community-oriented design) in order to requalify them, in order to gradually change them and introduce new uses. And since the roman catholic attendance is decreasing steadily since the 70s... Anyway, that's just a point of view, and it's debatable.