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we were trying to set up a soup kitchen, and asked to use their basement and they kicked us out once they learned that we were “political”. I guess that’s more important than feeding people huh?
Oh and the same church (Catholics) built a fence because people using a safe consumption site nearby, the homeless, etc “made parishioners feel unsafe” and then they fought the city when they told them to take it down.
The church won, so it’s still up
I read the article where they interviewed parishioners about it, and one of them said something like “the fence will prevent the homeless from dirtying the lawn” among other things. Just makes my blood boil
Christians will often brag that the data shows that people who go to church akshully are the most charitable. And - on a very superficial level - they are correct. But the reality is that most of that “charitable giving” is paying for the pastor’s salary, church upkeep, denominational support, sending the youth group on a “mission trip” to Belize, etc. In the data that’s all lumped in with “charitable giving”. Their levels of giving to help the unhoused, feed the poor, help out single moms with new babies… it’s basically zero. At least for your typical white evangelical, certainly other religions are better on this than others.
going to church is a fucking meme, especially when you talk to people there after it ends and you hear some of the most incredibly vile shit you’ve ever heard that directly contradicts basically everything christianity supposedly stands for
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
