Comments on: Freeway Church of the Eastex Holy Roaming Empire: Shining a Little Light on La Luz Del Mundo http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/ Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:22:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Priscilla http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49880 Priscilla Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:28:56 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49880 I love driving past this place with people who have never seen it before. It's always good for shock and laughter. I cannot contain my own laughter every time I drive north to visit family. The place is insanse! I wish we could see interior pics. I love driving past this place with people who have never seen it before. It’s always good for shock and laughter. I cannot contain my own laughter every time I drive north to visit family. The place is insanse! I wish we could see interior pics.

]]> By: RWB http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49568 RWB Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:58:58 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49568 According to the watchman, it is marble. It sure felt like marble to me. According to the watchman, it is marble. It sure felt like marble to me.

]]> By: d http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49567 d Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:51:06 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49567 i like it. an eifs edifice. or is it really marble/stone? i must walk up and tap on it sometime. i like it. an eifs edifice. or is it really marble/stone? i must walk up and tap on it sometime.

]]> By: jgriff http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49410 jgriff Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:25:13 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49410 RWB. I beleieve that the gothic cathedrals of Eurpoe were built in vain also. I myslef am not a practicing Christian but I know some people who are Chrisitians of the real variety. The kind that live in tattered clothes and give everything they have to helping less fortunate people. To each his own but I don't think the Jesus of the Bible would be found in this church. I think he would be teaching the homeless "to fish". RWB. I beleieve that the gothic cathedrals of Eurpoe were built in vain also. I myslef am not a practicing Christian but I know some people who are Chrisitians of the real variety. The kind that live in tattered clothes and give everything they have to helping less fortunate people.

To each his own but I don’t think the Jesus of the Bible would be found in this church. I think he would be teaching the homeless “to fish”.

]]> By: RWB http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49406 RWB Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:41:09 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49406 jgriff--perhaps the congregation believed that they should try to build as glorious an edifice as possible in honor of God. Surely the master-craftsmen and laborers who built the great gothic cathedrals of Europe were doing the same. I'm not suggesting that La Luz del Mundo is the equivalent of Chartres Cathedral, but I suspect the motivations were similar. jgriff–perhaps the congregation believed that they should try to build as glorious an edifice as possible in honor of God. Surely the master-craftsmen and laborers who built the great gothic cathedrals of Europe were doing the same. I’m not suggesting that La Luz del Mundo is the equivalent of Chartres Cathedral, but I suspect the motivations were similar.

]]> By: jgriff http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49404 jgriff Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:31:23 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49404 The photos make me think this church was built as opulently as possible with a budget that was a little too small. Quantity over quality. They should have spent even less and used the extra money to help the less fortunate. The Church is the people inside it, not the building they meet in. All jokes about bad taste aside... like many other churches this one seems to have forgotten what Christianity is about. It's not about building edifices to vanity. There are a lot of good Christians out there. People that build churches like this and the people on the TBN network are an embarrassment to the good ones. The photos make me think this church was built as opulently as possible with a budget that was a little too small. Quantity over quality. They should have spent even less and used the extra money to help the less fortunate. The Church is the people inside it, not the building they meet in.

All jokes about bad taste aside… like many other churches this one seems to have forgotten what Christianity is about. It’s not about building edifices to vanity.

There are a lot of good Christians out there. People that build churches like this and the people on the TBN network are an embarrassment to the good ones.

]]> By: Carol http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49377 Carol Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:23:36 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49377 I think there was a similar thread on HAIF a few years ago about this church, and a representative shot back (figuratively, of course). I think there was a similar thread on HAIF a few years ago about this church, and a representative shot back (figuratively, of course).

]]> By: Matt Mystery http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49376 Matt Mystery Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:09:41 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49376 It reminds one of Forest Park/Glendale in Los Angeles. Something for everyone. Including Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor who apparently decided since she can't decide which husband to be buried with/next to/near she will be buried next to Michael Jackson. In her Maybach of course. It reminds one of Forest Park/Glendale in Los Angeles. Something for everyone. Including Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor who apparently decided since she can’t decide which husband to be buried with/next to/near she will be buried next to Michael Jackson. In her Maybach of course.

]]> By: RWB http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49352 RWB Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:44:40 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49352 Scott--I am with you. Houston is full of architectural bad taste, but it tends to be bad taste that politely pays obeisance to <i>prevailing norms</i> of bad taste. Hence the faux-Tuscan McMansion becomes a self-perpetuating meme. Developers keep building them and homebuyers keep buying them because they see so many other versions of the same crap, they start believing that turrets are <i>good.</i> La Luz del Mundo utterly ignores the norms of architectural tastes in Houston (which are horrible but all to common). Its crimes against taste are unique and displayed with gusto. Unlike the buyer of a faux-Tuscan architectural travesty, the congregants of La Luz del Mundo don't care what other people think. To which I say, right on! Scott–I am with you. Houston is full of architectural bad taste, but it tends to be bad taste that politely pays obeisance to prevailing norms of bad taste. Hence the faux-Tuscan McMansion becomes a self-perpetuating meme. Developers keep building them and homebuyers keep buying them because they see so many other versions of the same crap, they start believing that turrets are good.

La Luz del Mundo utterly ignores the norms of architectural tastes in Houston (which are horrible but all to common). Its crimes against taste are unique and displayed with gusto. Unlike the buyer of a faux-Tuscan architectural travesty, the congregants of La Luz del Mundo don’t care what other people think. To which I say, right on!

]]> By: NorhillJoe http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49345 NorhillJoe Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:02:08 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49345 From my research Eusebio Joaquin Gonzales had a vision from God and his name was changed to Aaron. My spirit guide wants me to change my name to Mortimer. Below is a link to the compund in old Mexico. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aJ09WGumfLU/SodsJwj8ZEI/AAAAAAAAAM8/Nd1pBpJ4HLs/s1600-h/LDm+Temple+Not+sure+where.jpg From my research Eusebio Joaquin Gonzales had a vision from God and his name was changed to Aaron. My spirit guide wants me to change my name to Mortimer. Below is a link to the compund in old Mexico. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aJ09.....+where.jpg

]]> By: Scott Bodenheimer http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49299 Scott Bodenheimer Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:49:30 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49299 Oh my what delicate sensibilities on display! At least as kitsch it's balls out, and its outrageous pastiche functions as a sign à la "Learning from Las Vegas". Oh my what delicate sensibilities on display! At least as kitsch it’s balls out, and its outrageous pastiche functions as a sign à la “Learning from Las Vegas”.

]]> By: Harold Mandell http://swamplot.com/freeway-church-of-the-eastex-holy-roaming-empire-shining-a-little-light-on-la-luz-del-mundo/2009-11-02/#comment-49289 Harold Mandell Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:06 +0000 http://swamplot.com/?p=13352#comment-49289 In case of rapture, can I have your car? In case of rapture, can I have your car?

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