I just had a conversation with a local business owner about the homeless. He was saying he wouldn't let them "use" his place as the previous owner did. He then spoke about the park our town wanted to use to house some of them. That was not appropriate to him either, even though the park was mi…
I just had a conversation with a local business owner about the homeless. He was saying he wouldn't let them "use" his place as the previous owner did. He then spoke about the park our town wanted to use to house some of them. That was not appropriate to him either, even though the park was miles away from his place.
Here's the real rub---he then spoke about his love of the Bible. Aaagh! How the hell can anyone call themselves a Christian that does not want to help people survive? When you reach the stage of being homeless, it IS about survival. When you are working and poor and can't buy enough food, it IS about survival, yet these "Christians" will vote for the McCarthy's of this world.
Their charity will continue to go to the rich and corporations, while they rob the poor of their chance to SURVIVE.
And by the way, I didn't let him off the hook. I countered every word that came out of his mouth. It's not hard to do, but it's hard to do it in a nice way. It started with "If you have 10,000 homeless people, you have 10,000 stories. It ended with YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS SAID TO DO.". I also made sure he knew about a man who froze to death in his tent about a mile from that park. I hope he said his prayers tonight.
It's fundamental, but not in a Christian way.
I just had a conversation with a local business owner about the homeless. He was saying he wouldn't let them "use" his place as the previous owner did. He then spoke about the park our town wanted to use to house some of them. That was not appropriate to him either, even though the park was miles away from his place.
Here's the real rub---he then spoke about his love of the Bible. Aaagh! How the hell can anyone call themselves a Christian that does not want to help people survive? When you reach the stage of being homeless, it IS about survival. When you are working and poor and can't buy enough food, it IS about survival, yet these "Christians" will vote for the McCarthy's of this world.
Their charity will continue to go to the rich and corporations, while they rob the poor of their chance to SURVIVE.
And by the way, I didn't let him off the hook. I countered every word that came out of his mouth. It's not hard to do, but it's hard to do it in a nice way. It started with "If you have 10,000 homeless people, you have 10,000 stories. It ended with YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS SAID TO DO.". I also made sure he knew about a man who froze to death in his tent about a mile from that park. I hope he said his prayers tonight.