The Madman and The Cathedral

Dir. James Rogan / Spain & UK / 2009
http://www.cathedraljusto.com/thefilm.html

The Madman and the Cathedral is a documentary about one mans dream to build a cathedral.

In 1963, Don Justo Gallego Martinez laid the foundation stone of a cathedral. A peasant, with no architectural training, no construction experience and no tools, he turned his back on the fields and started building. He had no blueprints and no planning permission. He had not even seen many cathedrals. All he had was the unshakeable conviction that God wanted him to build a cathedral.

Original title: El loco de la catedral
Producer: Laura Rodríguez
Made in association with BritDoc
http://britdoc.org/

More from the director: http://www.steammedia.net/
See "The Open Doors" also directed by James Rogan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBXb-8YoR0E

Category:

Film & Animation

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• god
• building
• construction
• James Rogan
• Britdoc
• Justo Gallego Martinez
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[mark84j]

Nothing but utter respect for this man.

[Arxon20]

oh man he did not ruin his life he is just working on his dream.let him do

always the grannys talking too much^^

[santoscidadao]

Esto no es locura, esto es amor por Dios,quien no lo ten no puede entender.

[livetothelove1519]

el loco y la catedral es una locura, yo no hablo español ..... pero sí traductor Google las cosas, y si usted se preocupa lo suficiente como para google, entonces hazlo! gracias, de gestión .... jajaja es broma

[zytrone1]

Es increíble lo que ha hecho este señor :) Bien por él.

[inferno232]

@harmonysolo You're looking at one side of the coin, pal. Those that have done those things in the name of religion are little different than you, they only see the world in black and white, right and wrong. By denouncing the beliefs of others, you are no different than the religious warmongers of ages past.

[harmonysolo]

Religion is the most vile byproduct of human existence.

It causes war, genocide, torture, slavery, mutilation, racism, sexism, oppression, hate, and ignorance. It retards education, stifles curiosity, stunts logic, and kills progress.

Religion is, BY FAR, the most vile, unjust, and immoral human activity.

[reallyphatkid]

i don't have any belief in religion but this bloke is amazing.

[sangwria]

That's what I'm saying.

[dontyoumonkeyaround]

@sangwria ...and science is not a 'weapon' that can disprove God. Science describes, but doesn't explain. Explanations derived from science are (mostly) speculations. In fact, a universe created by a loving, inventive logical, orderly God is what makes science possible; which is why the whole scientific activity until the early-mid 19th century was carried out by bible-believing Christians, who believed that God made the universe logically explorable.

[dontyoumonkeyaround]

@sangwria You can take naturalism as a 'hypothesis', or (the biblical) God as a hypothesis. As such, evidence and logic from all aspects (science, philosophy, ethics, metaphysics etc) greatly favours the God hypothesis (Edgar Andrews). Anecdotal evidence greatly favours the God hypothesis. Personal experience greatly favours the God hypothesis. I recommend you attempt speaking honestly to God (either as Yahweh or Jesus the Christ), ask Him to reveal Himself to you in a personal way. He will.

[dontyoumonkeyaround]

@sangwria Your atheism is as much a position of faith as the most fundamentalist Christian. You can't prove there is no God - to do that, you'd have to know everything - that would make you God, which it could be said, perhaps you are in your own eyes. A definition of 'god' or 'a god' is "that which is the most important factor in the life decisions you make". If you are ambitious, success is your god. If you want to get rich, money is your god.