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I'll never understand this mindset of tourists (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/atheism@lemmy.world
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Today (and not only today) I saw a bunch of tourists from other countries. You'd say "big deal". But here comes the twist: ALL they did was to walk around the city and take pictures ONLY of churches. 🤦‍♂️ I don't see the point of travelling a thousand miles (or more) to another country and all you do there is taking pictures of only churches and skip everything else there is to see. To me this looks like the same absurd if I go to another country and start taking pictures of their sewers. 🤦‍♂️ 🤣

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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

I mean, depending on the country, a significant fraction of the old and famous buildings in an area might be churches, just because that's who had the money back in the day to commission fancy architecture. Beyond that, if you see a tour group taking pictures of a church, unless you follow them around specifically to see where they go, how do you know they aren't taking pictures of other stuff that you just aren't noticing because you don't feel as strongly about them admiring those places than when you see them looking at the churches?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 11 months ago

    The route they usually take is quite short. I can walk it in 10 minutes without rushing. I did follow them once, out of boredom and saw what they took pictures of - the rocket (some call it a mosque) and the 3 christian churches in the near area. I also asked their guid and she confirmed it. No matter what nation they're from, they always take pictures of churches only. I suppose I can understand taking pictures of one specific church bc it's underground and the reason for that is historical, but the rest... When it comes to churches and/or bibles, I prefer to do what they show on "Lords of Chaos". :D

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