Posted on 04/13/2014 11:32:14 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
I guess Davidson, N.C. must be a hotbed of GOP/KKK activity... or something.
Yeah, that’s real challenging and stuff.
The rich liberals who attend this church would probably pee in their pants if they actually had to deal with a homeless person.
Yes. The one and only God.
My God came to save us all...
Yeh, but He supports traditional marriage, and He surely opposes abortion and class envy. Let’s not pretend that lefties love Him because he was “homeless”, card-carrying liberal.
Wouldn’t a statue of Lazarus the beggar be more appropriate?
I volunteer with the Matthew 25 ministry in SC. I can tell you we have quite a few EMPLOYED homeless who are not on drugs and not addicted to alcohol. They are victims of the Obama economy and they know it.
That's how I interpret it. Mother Teresa said the poor are "Christ in distressing disguise," and she didn't add, "As long as they never made a wrong choice in life and it's totally not their fault that they're dying in the street."
It's not my role to judge what the church members in Davidson think, nor what any passing viewer thinks. If I see it - and I may, we go to Davidson every year or so - I will think of "You did it to Me."
In the Old Testament the farmers were to let the poor pick up whatever was left over in the field, but they had to get up and get it.
Back during the Clinton Regime, Slick Willy gave a speech at the dedication of the national Christmas tree.
On that occasion, he stated the Jesus’ family was homeless because they didn’t have any place to stay, and had to sleep in a barn.
I guess Slick forgot about the taxation issue, which is why they were in Bethlehem in the first place.
“In the Old Testament the farmers were to let the poor pick up whatever was left over in the field, but they had to get up and get it.”
But that means they had to get their lazy asses to work, which in this context would be picking up freebies. That would have been racist and waging war on women.
And Jesus did not live in a country which attempted a Communist, rule, which, while it could still, temporarily, afford to do so, rewarded and favored the handout gimme-’free’-stuffs, rendering the working poor homeless.
How’s that?
Then why did you say “He was ‘a’ God”?
Churches have been in the business of feeding, clothing and housing the poor, homeless and other needy people for eons. It’s what they do. They are a private concern, aren’t stealing your tax money to do it, and will continue to do so despite your foot stomping. It’s not the government. Take a freakin’ pill.
Churches have been in the business of feeding, clothing and housing the poor, homeless and other needy people for eons. It’s what they do. They are a private concern, aren’t stealing your tax money to do it, and will continue to do so despite your foot stomping. It’s not the government. This is what’s known as performing the Corporal Works of Mercy, a cornerstone of the Catholic - and, by extension, all Christian - denomination. Hospitals also tend to the poor and homeless. Many corporations donate to faith-based charities for the same purpose. Shall we just euthanize them all to make you happy?
It’s possible to be a good Catholic and a good American. You, on the other hand...
“They are a private concern, aren’t stealing your tax money to do it, “
Sorry to burst the bubble, but they are through government protection racket. They are tax-exempt, while rest of the organizations are taxed to death. All these government protected rackets need to taxed like any other business (or have all other organizations not taxed) and we shall see how “charitable” they would be.
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