Twitter user Kaylee Crain angered users of the social network, suggesting that the absence of damage to the altar and cross after the fire in Paris Notre Dame cathedral proves the existence of God. She wrote about this on her Twitter account on the day of the incident - April 15.
“After all the destruction that the fire brought with it in Notre Dame, the altar and the cross remained intact. Please explain to me how you can disbelieve in God after that, - with these words the girl accompanied the post with a photo of the cathedral's interior after the fire. Her post went viral, gaining about 70,000 likes and shares.
In the comments to the publication, users tried to prove to Crane that the preservation of the golden cross can be explained in terms of science. "The melting point of gold is 1064 degrees Celsius, and the temperature at which a tree burns is about 600 degrees," one of the users wrote.
Some began to sneer at the girl's words. “The stones also remained intact. I believe in stones now. I am now convinced that stones are my lords and saviors! - joked in the comments of Mark Hardwicke. “Your suggestion that a 600-degree Celsius fire will somehow melt a metal melting at 1064 degrees proves why we need educational reform so badly,” concluded an ASPK user.
A fire in Notre Dame de Paris, which began on the evening of April 15, destroyed part of the cathedral's roof, clock and spire. The fire was extinguished only the next day. French President Emmanuel Macron said it will take about five years to restore the building, but other experts are more pessimistic.