Jaitea said:

But running a Church costs money

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Yes, all that bling must be pricey...

Joking aside. I always thought all of that ^ was very much at odds with the beliefs of this man...

People need a place to pray out of the rain and why shouldn't it be beautiful. Some of the most beautiful buildings I've seen and visited have been Churches, Mosques and Synagogues and I used to live oposite this stunning sandstone Sikh temple...

(^ View from my front door)

In fact I kinda get sad when I go past an ugly modern church. Glorifying God through architecture is natural but building vast golden palaces in his name seems crazy. I can only imagine Jesus standing before the Vatican with a look of horror on his face.

Is this a problem for people within the church?