{"id":14345,"date":"2013-08-07T13:38:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T17:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=14345"},"modified":"2013-08-07T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T17:38:34","slug":"get-your-spiritual-refreshment-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2013\/08\/get-your-spiritual-refreshment-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your spiritual refreshment here!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austria\u2019s Catholic Church is trying a new strategy to attract the faithful: advertising its churches as places to cool off in a record heatwave.<\/p>\n

As Austrians sweltered in temperatures close to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), Catholic news agency Kathpress surveyed the country\u2019s houses of worship Tuesday to find the coolest one.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen air conditioning and the cool wetness of a lake or open-air pool are beyond reach, Austria\u2019s churches can provide cool and spiritual refreshment at the same time,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Vienna\u2019s chilliest church was a mere 24 degrees, with the crypt of St. Stephen\u2019s Cathedral a frigid 14 degrees, Kathpress\u2019s survey found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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First off I always knew Catholic churches were cooler.<\/p>\n

So we have gone from preaching hellfire and damnation to preaching of an available cool climate? Still maybe this is innovative advertising to get them in the church door to be evangelized?<\/p>\n

Although I find it rather cheesy and off-putting.<\/p>\n

Perhaps some of their rejected ad mottos were:<\/p>\n