Religion aside, the architecture is/was outstanding....

The invisible, all powerful man in the sky called God let it it burn ferociously for a day until humans stopped the burning. lol

Where are the monuments to Newton, Darwin, and Einstein?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?

I agree with this being a tragedy of an old historical relic being partially destroyed yesterday. But what a hypocrisy!

WE

1. Are grieving world over largely over a piece of history being destroyed
2. Are talking, crying, writing about almost themselves being destroyed
3. Are are sobbing and saying we have never been there but wanted to visit
4. Are raising $340 million within the first day in Paris for restoration

BUT WE
06. Not crying for children being caged at Southern U.S. border
07. Did not cry for the Rwandan genocide
08. Are not crying for Rohingya genocide in Myanmar
09. We are not crying or giving or raising money for millions dying of simple diseases like Cholera (now eradicated in our world) in Africa and elsewhere

We are emotional, crying thousands of miles away and doing all this ridiculous drama over just a stone and wood structure with NO HUMAN LOSS? We must be terribly ashamed with our behavior.

Millions have already been raised to rebuild this bullshit.
I'm absolutely appalled at how upset so many people are over this.
Seriously. It's turning my stomach to hear people drone on and on about
what a "horrible loss" this is.

Fortunately, no one took the advice of the American firefighter in chief.

The crazy thing is all the occult symbolism at this religious place.

Hopefully some of those "priceless relics" such as splinters of the "true cross" are gone.

It's a shame for the sheer magnificence of it and its history. But then I read about how governments around the world are pledging to help. Sorry but the Catholic church has so much tax free money, they don't need my tax money to help them out.

Old buildings are always hazardous. Old wood. Mice chewing through wires.
I’m very lucky though that I got to tour that old cathedral in my lifetime.

It's a miracle. The cross was saved from the fire.

I just hope the Hunchback is not inside.

Hmmm, maybe their big Invisible, Imaginary Sky Daddy was either dropping hints about an up-date/renovation or sick of the Priests fiddling with children and decided to evict them once and for all.

I hope Quasimodo got out in time.

Apparently people had been complaining for a while that it was hazardous, but nobody did anything about it. It is a shame, it was a beautiful building, I remember visiting it when I was playing tourist in Paris a number of years ago.

Makes me think of this classic song...

It's a shame... it's so awful, such amazing artwork gone forever. I don't care about the religious practices that took place, religion will be halted by knowledge not through senseless destruction.