I am also impressed every time and love it from architectural point of view, but in the same time, those funds could have been used to help the one in need. This is what I'm always thinking, when I see those artworks accumulated in one place, in one church. I'm a reformed christian, our church is simple, it's strictly the basics.
So it's a mixed feeling. Love it, but in the meantime is it needed?
Yeah, our church isn't as fancy as these either. It is in a more wealthy town so it is nice, but I wouldn't call it opulent. I know some people whose pastor lived on a golf course in a big fancy neighborhood. That seemed a bit much...