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#391 - Tim Stanley - Why Are We Yearning For Tradition In 2021?

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Notre Dame - An Interesting Example

The history of notre dame is great because it's an example of how tradition does not appear overnight, but involves and adapts and develops over time. By the end of the 17 nineties, notre dam was falling apart. It was then restored in the nineteenth century with the that many of the gargoyles are actually part of a neogothic romantic design to reclaim the mediaeval past. And there was a stunning headline, i think it was er an ap a headline, which said something like, a tourist mecca. Notre dam also revered as a place of worship. But without god, and without a clear understanding of how religions work, it sort of deforms

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