“Religion Poisons Everything!” (20)

Judging from photographs, I had always thought Antoni Gaudí’s basilica church of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, striking.  But, mostly, it just seemed strange.

When I finally had a chance to see it in person, though, I liked it much more than I had expected.  Much more.  Particularly the interior.

Of course, if Christopher Hitchens’s declaration that “religion poisons everything” be taken as literally true, one must also conclude that La Sagrada Familia is toxic.  Maybe Barcelona, Spain, and the world would be better off without it.

Posted from Park City, Utah