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To: templar
They stuck it to the man publically...branded him a sinning gambler without recognizing that some have differing opinions as to what gambling is. Now are you going to accuse the 2 churches he donated to guilty of of giving in to a "sinning gambler" by accepting his money? I'm sorry but the local SA comes across as smug in its own righteousness here. I'll be willing to bet that the Local SA chapters in some of the larger inner cities would accept the money no questions asked...you see it's crack addicts, aids infected prostitutes and mentally ill homeless they have more of a problem with there...not gamblers!

The donor made a public spectacle of himself...how much of it was the media doing its thing I don't know!
89 posted on 12/29/2002 3:09:00 AM PST by mdmathis6
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To: mdmathis6
They stuck it to the man publically...branded him a sinning gambler without recognizing that some have differing opinions as to what gambling is ... The donor made a public spectacle of himself...how much of it was the media doing its thing I don't know!

Your last sentance indicates that your first sentacne is incorrect. The man stuck it to himself publicly. He was handing out 100,000 checks at a news event and put the Salvation Army on public display. He must have expected them to be hypocrits that would overlook their beliefs about gambling for a large sum of money. BTW, for comparison, do you hold Clinton blameless for the Lewinsky scandal because some people have differing views as to what sex is? or what the definition of the word is is? If you do, then you would qualify as a hypocrit for sticking it to him publicly for not recognizing that some people have differing opinions of what sex is.

Calling the local Salvation Army "smug in its own righteousness " is just a slander against them. Name calling usually indicates to me that the name caller has no valid argument. Jesus himself, was accused of much of the same things by his detractors. With the law of God, there is no consideration of peoples opinions or negotiation. It is what it is. It does not change, and it doesn't matter what you think of it. The Salvation Army finds gambling to be a sin and will not knowingly participate in it. That is not hypocrisy, that is integrity. Do you have the strength of character to do the same? I doubt that I do, but I won't criticize those that do because of my own shortcomings.

91 posted on 12/29/2002 7:04:40 AM PST by templar
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