As sad as it is to see such a beautiful building & of such incredible age to be reduced to ruins,
it should be left a ruin.
Spend the available funding on bettering deserving peoples' lives ! I'm certain that God would prefer that !

david f,

Are you suggesting that the Catholic Church set fire to the place?

Dear Is Mise,

The cause of the fire has been attributed to a faulty electrical connection, and I see no reason to doubt it. If the Catholic church were devoid of resources it would be proper for government funds to be used to restore the building. However, the Catholic church has many financial resources, and decisions on restoration should be left up to that institution. If individuals want to contribute to the restoration they should be allowed to.

If individuals want to contribute to the restoration they should be allowed to.
david f,
Agree and, they should not be able to write these donations off their taxable income.

david f,

I fail to see why the tenant should pay for the landlord's building, especially when the landlord has been neglecting his responsibilities for years and allowing the building to fall into a state of disrepair and indeed, danger.
http://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-16/how-did-paris-notre-dame-fall-into-such-disrepair

11 Churches in Paris were set ablaze over 9 days, I read somewhere.
Then you have all the bombings in Sri Lanka, and it looks like someone wants to start a holy war.

Why bother rebuilding, you've gone and let all the Muslims in;
Let them rebuild them when they turn them into Mosques.

I told you all a few years back the country was a write-off;
Write-off means write-off.

Y'all better start taking a good look around because all western democracies are headed down the same path.

- That includes OURS -

You can thank the PC crowd and liberalism...