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Old church turned into a one-of-a-kind home (Original Post) FelineOverlord Jan 2024 OP
I think "good bones" is the saying. underpants Jan 2024 #1
It's nice when churches are converted to functions that are actually useful, Sky Jewels Jan 2024 #2
There's a lot of land taken up by useless churches. canuckledragger Jan 2024 #3
Let's convert golf courses, too. Sky Jewels Jan 2024 #4

underpants

(182,883 posts)
1. I think "good bones" is the saying.
Mon Jan 8, 2024, 08:26 PM
Jan 2024

Very cool. (Old man voice) I’d hate to heat the place.

They seem cool. REM lived in a former church at one point. Peter Buck said it was the kind of dump only 20 year olds would like in.

Sky Jewels

(7,140 posts)
2. It's nice when churches are converted to functions that are actually useful,
Mon Jan 8, 2024, 08:49 PM
Jan 2024

like providing shelter. Otherwise, they're mostly just facilities that push stupid Bronze Age anti-science, women-hating patriarchal mythologies that don't have a shred of connection to reality.

canuckledragger

(1,667 posts)
3. There's a lot of land taken up by useless churches.
Mon Jan 8, 2024, 09:26 PM
Jan 2024

Maybe it's time to turn the screws and make them prove they're useful something other than fleecing the gullible on Sundays and use the for something that's actually beneficial to society, like housing?

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