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Yeah, they're pretty much the same. I don't see why any building with a large open space could not function as a church. In principle all of the religions could share the same space if they didn't need it at the same time. It's just nice to have your own place.

Your house is the same as your friend's house, but you'd still rather have separate houses.

>>jstanl+(OP)
Except, different religions have different needs. A synagogue needs a place to store the torah scrolls. A mosque needs a place for ablutions, prayer rugs, and to separate the men from the women. Different christian churches baptize differently and so have different needs around that rite. Some needs a font in the ground where people can be immersed, while others do sprinkling and just need a bowl of water. And those are just a tiny fraction of the surface level differences.

What you are saying is that any large open space could function for any sport. But that ignores how football teams need goal posts and a field that is a specific size and needs specific markings on the ground. And a soccer field is a different size and needs soccer goals. And basketball needs a hardwood floor and hoops that are certain distance apart and special markings on the ground. And bowling needs lanes and balls and pins. And tennis needs something else. And so on and so forth.

Religions are far far far more complex than any sport and no large open space could function any more than any large open space could function for all sports.