

Quote: "Gather as much gold as you need, and as much wisdom as you can"
These captures were taken at a mosque in the gardens of the Summer Palace in Schwetzingen Germany. Since I recently posted images from a Catholic church, now for equal handling of the world religions, here are images from a Muslim mosque.
I wasn't sure what was meant by "high angle" for today's challenge: looking up or looking down? So I assumed the mathematical definition which would be a larger than normal angle to the object.


Ceiling of the mosque in Schwetzingen Schloss, Germany
Without a wide-angle lens, I found it difficult to capture the round dome and wasn't sure if I should even post it.


Dome of the mosque in the Schwetzingen Summer Palace gardens, Germany
I was raised Catholic, and in the earlier years of my youth, Catholics were not allowed to set foot in ANY church that was not Catholic. I don't think that rule is in place any longer (you may have guessed that other (more) restrictive rules caused me to abandon Catholicism).
Really, not allowed to go into any other church? Wow. That's interesting, I never heard that before, it seems rather extreme. The mosque in my blog was built to improve religious tolerance in Germany. And the information that they were not allowed in other churches helps to understand why , since Catholic church has been a very powerful institution in Europe for thousands of years especially back then in 1790's.
Yeah, the Catholic church was incredibly strict back in my youth. For example, if you died with a mortal sin on your soul, you went to hell - absolutely and regardless of everything else in your life. Now, missing church on a Sunday was a mortal sin. And the only way to get a mortal sin removed was to go to confession. The problem there was that confession was only held on Saturdays. So, if you missed church on a Sunday, you were at risk of spending eternity in hell if you happened to die before you could get to your first available confession 6 days later. Also, birth control (other than "rhythm") was a mortal sin. As an 18 year old boy, that one sure didn't sit well with me. ;)
Anyway, that and several other things caused me to abandon Catholicism.