Let's name the shrines!

[Lockesdonkey]

Islam: The Kaaba. Duh.

Judaism: Either the Great Temple or the Wailing Wall.

Christianity: the Holy Sepulchre? St. Peter's Basilica? Definately not Sistine Chapel.

Hindu: You've got me stumped.

And don't even ask me about the Confucian and Buddhist. But you're all welcome to try naming the shrines. Just post your ideas.

 

[SniperDevil]

Christianity- The Vatican (would only apply for Catholics though)

 

[TheBB]

There is a titanic Buddha structure under construction, I think it was in Thailand, but I'm not sure. It could figure as the buddhist shrine... except it's not built in real life yet, so it may be a bit weird.

As for hinduism, there are numerous monumental hindu structures around. I'm not going to claim to be an expert, but Angkor Wat springs to mind (it is hinduist right?).

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

Hate to break it to you, but Angkor Wat is definitely Bhuddist. Its in Thailand (or is that Cambodia??) for a start. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if that was the Bhuddist Shrine. Though isn't there a place in the Himalayas which is still sacred to Bhuddists? Perhaps a Fig Tree could be the Bhuddist shrine !
As for The Vatican-get real!! Half of Christianity doesn't even recognise the Pope as their Spiritual Leader (oh and, BTW, Sistine Chapel is a part of St. Peter's Basillica.) I think the Church of the Holy Sephulcre is the most widely known-and most agreed upon-sites of the Christian Faith. So, that leaves just Daoism and Hinduism-wonder what their shrines will be??

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

 

[Asclepius]

Hate to break it to you, but Angkor Wat is definitely Bhuddist. Its in Thailand (or is that Cambodia??) for a start. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if that was the Bhuddist Shrine. Though isn't there a place in the Himalayas which is still sacred to Bhuddists? Perhaps a Fig Tree could be the Bhuddist shrine !
As for The Vatican-get real!! Half of Christianity doesn't even recognise the Pope as their Spiritual Leader (oh and, BTW, Sistine Chapel is a part of St. Peter's Basillica.) I think the Church of the Holy Sephulcre is the most widely known-and most agreed upon-sites of the Christian Faith. So, that leaves just Daoism and Hinduism-wonder what their shrines will be??

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

Hate to break it to you but Angkor Wat was originally built as a Hindu temple to Vishnu. Only after the state religion was changed to Bhuddism did it become a Bhuddist shrine. Just as Hagia Sophia is the greatest Church ever built but is now being used as a Mosque or the Cathedral of Cordoba was once the finest Mosque in all Andalucia.

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

Wow. Sorry, I stand corrected. Every image I have seen of Angkor Wat has featured Bhuddist statues, so I just assumed it meant it was built as a Bhuddist shrine.
So, what is the Bhuddist Shrine then, do you reckon?

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

 

[Warman17]

Wow. Sorry, I stand corrected. Every image I have seen of Angkor Wat has featured Bhuddist statues, so I just assumed it meant it was built as a Bhuddist shrine.
So, what is the Bhuddist Shrine then, do you reckon?

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

The giant statue of the budda lying down in Burma I think it is.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

Until the construction of The Motherland Calls in the 1950's, the world's largest statue was the Grand (or Dafo) Buddha in China.

 

[mitsho]

@Asclepios, I agree with you, but must nevertheless correct you. The Aya Sofia/Hagia Sophia isn't a mosque anymore. I'v been there this April and I have to say it is a beautiful building (although it needs to be repaired and is at the moment (or was in April.. ). If you want to see a mosque, you need to cross the place and go inside the 'Blue Mosque', I don't recall the official name though.

@topic,
For every religion, we need to name the followin things, correct?
1. holy house (e.g. temple),
2. holy house (e.g. cathedral),
wonder (One or Two?),
missionary?

These would be intersting to name, not?

mfG mitsho

 

[Asclepius]

@Asclepios, I agree with you, but must nevertheless correct you. The Aya Sofia/Hagia Sophia isn't a mosque anymore. I'v been there this April and I have to say it is a beautiful building (although it needs to be repaired and is at the moment (or was in April.. ). If you want to see a mosque, you need to cross the place and go inside the 'Blue Mosque', I don't recall the official name though.

Well I'll be... I thought it was still a mosque to this day. One of the many buildings on my "to visit" list.

 

[mitsho]

No, it's a museum, they've pulled out again the byzantine stuff in it. So, you can see at the moment portraits of byzantine emperors right beside a sura in honour of allah ... Really quite a striking monument.

mitsho

 

[rhialto]

Christian
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre would cover all major denominations I think
- cross

Muslim
- The Qa'aba
- crescent

Hinduism
-?
- om symbol

Buddhist
- Potala palace
- dharma chakra

Daoism
- The Temple of lao Tze (marks his birthplace)
- yin-yang symbol

Judaism
- Solomon's Temple
- star of david

 

[KrikkitTwo]

One point that I think needs reminding is that each religion has two Major holy sites
1. the 'Holy city'... the city where the religion starts (the Capital of the religion which gives line of sight)
2. the Shrine ...which is built by a Great Prophet in the religion (the Forbidden Palace or 'Tax collection Center' of the Religion)

I haven't seen anything which would hold that these two need to be the same (so the Vatican/Hagia Sophia would work quite well for the Christian Shrine as those are the most centralized places of organization in Christianity as opposed to simple tourism of where it originated...Church of the Holy Sepulchre would work quite well for a Christian Wonder of the type that could only be built in the Holy City)...

Of course if the Shrine can only be built in the the Holy City, then the Church of the Holy Sepulchre makes a good Shrine otherwise I'd stick with Vatican/Hagia Sophia (for the best candidates for a "Contribution Collection Center")

I'd prefer the previous since that gives each religion two spots of 'special significance'

 

[rhialto]

We've already run into some issues. Christianity has no shortage of special sites, but I can find NO sites mentioned at all for Hinduism, and for Daoism, the only one any text I can find mentions is Lao Tzu's birthplace, where a temple was built.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

Christian
Muslim
- The Qa'aba
- crescent

It is Ka'aba.

This is one of the rare occasions where the "K" is correct. I don't know what Qa'aba means, and I'm not sure it's even a word. However, I appreciate your attempt; too often people don't recognize that they're pronouncing everything wrong.

 

[ogmoir]

It is Ka'aba.

This is one of the rare occasions where the "K" is correct. I don't know what Qa'aba means, and I'm not sure it's even a word. However, I appreciate your attempt; too often people don't recognize that they're pronouncing everything wrong.

Do you think people would pronounce it as a uvular stop when they write Q? I think not.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

Do you think people would pronounce it as a uvular stop when they write Q? I think not.

No, but if they knew what it meant in an Arabic context, they should. Better Qur'an than Koran. At least someone who knows the system won't be confused.

 

[rhialto]

I think qaaba means mother in law. Or is that qabba?

 

[Himalia]

Qaaba is the name given to the part inside a Mosque that is considered to be the holiest part of the Mosque. It is often called a Kabba. Qabba is a Hebrew word that means to defraud. (Im not 100% on that second one)

 

[rhialto]

Just in case, my last post was actually a joke. I know well that qabba means mother in law in Maltese, a language closely related to Arabic.