Honestly, I prefer the old style architecture. That thing looks more like an abomination in my opinion.

what's so funny? I like the look of the old churches. I like how old historical buildings look.

praise the lord. beauty that's boundless, sign that Jesus is the only one true way over the rest

I'm Muslim but I think some of the churches are quite beautiful..muslim that burn churches are just zzz..desecrating religious places is a big no no in Islam..

St Michael's Church Sandakan

Holy Rosary Church.


St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

The Lutheren Church, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur

St Thomas' Cathedral, Kuching


St Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching

St. Paul Chapel On The Hill, Kinarut

St. Michael Church, Penampang, Sabah

Masland Methodist Church, Sibu, Sarawak


Ching Kwong Methodist Church, Kuching, Sarawak

Lady of Lourdes Church Klang

Glory Christian Centre Kota Kinabalu

Dude and I am in awe everytime i drive by Shah Alam Mosque and moorish-design Masjid Sultan Sulaiman.

I prefer the look of mosques in the Arabian world to mosques in Malaysia. Mosque in malaysia looks too "modern"

The government encourages smaller churches to be nondescript, as in out of sight and out of mind. The bigger ones are showpieces as examples of Malaysian diversity. That doesn't prevent simple shop lots of being raided and inspected just in case they are being used for religious reasons. I've seen a letter from the local council certifying a thorough inspection had been done being framed in a shop because the owner was fed up of being accused using the premises as an illegal church.

it is also extremely difficult and takes a long time to try and get the proper paper work to start a new church, or to even begin constructing a new church building in church owned lands

Nope, completely not the same. And please stop using Bill Maher, that guy's a douche. Prefer someone like Dawkins and Penn Jillette.
I like the aesthetics of churches.

Tell me about it, I've helped a church to do the necessary paperwork for the land usage conversion and it took nearly 10 years.

Did you know that the Malay peninsular already had a church way before North America had anything?

The English colonists were already in NA in the 17th century

what?

I hear u bro. My dad is currently building one in Banting, just from planing to finish takes until now in it's 7th year. All gotto do with approval, we are at the authority's mercy really. Caused him sleepless nights dealing with red tapes.

You guys already know about it.

A good case would be the Church of Divine Mercy in Shah Alam. The project started in 1977.......only completed a few years ago. During that time, the government was a super troll.

http://www.divinemercyshahalam.com/history.htm

Some people call this subtle religious persecution. Indeed it is. Placing unnecessary barriers, hurdles, restriction to build a house of worship can be considered as denying one's right to worship.

inb4 muslim rage in this tered