Although western buildings like churches were not uncommon in big cities in China, they could not be compared to Europe and the United States in terms of scale, aura, design, or historical heritage. They might even have some humiliating history in recent history. For people traveling abroad to Europe and America for the first time, they would feel fresh and excited when they saw the magnificent cathedrals. After all, most of the cathedrals were similar.
However, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco was an exception because this Cathedral was very open, not the kind that opened its doors to welcome guests, but that this Cathedral was as inclusive as the city of San Francisco. In contrast to the common sense that science and religion were at loggerheads, you could even see United Nations murals, aids worships, and even Einstein's relativistic formulas in this Cathedral ...