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The following is an edited transcript from The Michael Knowles Show<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lego has just announced<\/a> its largest Lego set ever. <\/span><\/p>\n

And in our culture, what would you expect that Lego set to be? The pride progress flag? What would you expect it to be \u2014 some big lib thing? <\/span>Maybe even the \u201cKamala Sitting Under a Coconut Tree\u201d set?<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you know what it is? It\u2019s a Catholic church.<\/span><\/p>\n

The largest Lego set ever \u2014 some 12,060 bricks priced around $600 \u2014 is The Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is good news for the culture. We\u2019re not done yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hottest toy that\u2019s coming out this year is of a Catholic church that has been under construction for \u2014 what \u2014 140 years now? They started building this thing in March of 1882. It\u2019s not even completed yet. It\u2019s expected to be completed in 2034.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is such good news, in the abstract, that I\u2019m willing to overlook the fact that this church is one of the ugliest buildings ever constructed. <\/span>It is so bad. <\/span><\/p>\n

I had the privilege of visiting Spain once and got to see The Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona \u2014 and it\u2019s pretty ugly. It looks like a melted anthill or some kind of weird distorted honeycomb.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s supposed to be kind of like a neo-Gothic church, like all those great Gothic churches of Europe. But it\u2019s weird because it\u2019s modern. Construction started in the late 19th century, and then continued for a long time \u2014 these cathedrals can take centuries \u2014 and as other people took over, it somehow got even worse.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now, when you go inside, however, it\u2019s quite stunning. It\u2019s still a little too weird for me to say it\u2019s beautiful, but it is stunning \u2014 the way the glass reflects the light. Really stunning.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s just ugly to look at. It\u2019s not as ugly as sin, but it\u2019s ugly.<\/span><\/p>\n

And yet \u2014 we\u2019ll take the \u201cW\u201d. We\u2019ll take the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am confident I will be pilloried from all sides for this \u2014 the people who say I\u2019m a Philistine for not appreciating the modern basilica, the people who say I\u2019m too religious not to be focused on a toy church \u2014 I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m going to take the win.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But let\u2019s not lie to ourselves. Let\u2019s use our our taste, our real intelligence \u2014 not artificial intelligence \u2014 and say it\u2019s not ugly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen, Lego could have done the Cathedral of Chartres.<\/span><\/p>\n

They could have done Notre-Dame de Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

They could have \u2014<\/span><\/p>\n

But no matter. I\u2019ll take the win.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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