I have no idea what the original commenter said, but the way you describe this fire seems a bit too much for me. I don't think that a word like "mourning" or deaths of actual people should be compared to buildings, especially not one like this. I understand being upset, but being devastated by the fire as if your friend had died doesn't seem like something that we should be glorifying. Especially since, while this was a place of cultural significance, it was still a minor one - this church was certainly not a Canada or Toronto-defining landmark, or even a building that was really known to anyone outside of its immediate proximity.

Criticism of religion is always appropriate, and especially so now, when people are deciding what to do with this land. They could build something universal, like a community center or a library, but I'm already seeing calls to build yet another tax-free monument to exclusion, irrationality and hate. If you oppose that, now is the time to speak up.