It sometimes happens that buildings become so dilapidated that they can no longer be renovated, but they must be entirely replaced or at least removed. Through indifference - resulting in neglect and compromise, such buildings have been gradually surrendered to the relentless processes of decay. Inexorably in every such case, rottenness penetrates beyond the facade and proceeds to eat away at the very core of a building's structural members. At some point, reconstruction is no longer feasible, and what once was a serviceable building becomes not merely an eye-sore but henceforth it is an
impediment to
every possible use of the land it occupies. So it appears, to me, to be the case with the Church - in America, at least.
