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The right wing is against the liberal safety net system. So...my question is (and republicans espouse this belief that help should come from personal charity and the churches), why aren't the churches flinging their doors open to house the homeless and those in need? Certainly they have plenty of pews (aka benches) and could afford a few sleeping bags from those Sunday collections.
WWJD?
Ummm.................. unlike liberals, we do.
Our church has a homeless shelter adjacent to the church (the congregation is fairly well to do). The church is open 24:7 and the homeless have complete access to the church. There is a policy against sleeping in the church per se, thus the beds and sleeping arrangements adjacent to the church. I think that is entirely appropriate, as people would feel uncomfortable praying in someone's bedroom.
This shows (again) that very few liberals actually give a damn about the well being of their fellow man and are more concerned with false "cocktail party" sympathy. Ask a liberal to donate time or money for their fellow man, and they will turn their backs. They truely are disgusting hypocrites.
In my church, they do a lot of missionary work and raised $100,000 to buy out this crime ridden bar in my downtown that is the source of drug dealing and violence in a bad neighborhood and crime has gone down in the neighborhood since then. Not to mention they mobilize the congregation to clean up the local school which is falling apart. The OP clearly doesn't go to church
No, I don't. But I have visited several and their doors seem to be locked far too often when there are those in need who could use a respite from the heat or cold.
No, I don't. But I have visited several and their doors seem to be locked far too often when there are those in need who could use a respite from the heat or cold.
Explains it all.
Churches are a place of worship, not a hotel, brothel, etc. Mosques don't even do this either, so why the beef with just churches?
Our church has a homeless shelter adjacent to the church (the congregation is fairly well to do). The church is open 24:7 and the homeless have complete access to the church. There is a policy against sleeping in the church per se, thus the beds and sleeping arrangements adjacent to the church. I think that is entirely appropriate, as people would feel uncomfortable praying in someone's bedroom.
This shows (again) that very few liberals actually give a damn about the well being of their fellow man and are more concerned with false "cocktail party" sympathy. Ask a liberal to donate time or money for their fellow man, and they will turn their backs. They truely are disgusting hypocrites.
No, I just volunteered at a food bank for three years and taught homeless youth for a year, hypocrite that I am.
I don't see why it's not appropriate to allow people to sleep on benches in the sanctuary. Jesus would approve of this.
My thinking is along these lines. I have toured the overflow shelters in my town. They look like a bunch of bodies in a concentration camp. This makes me wonder why churches do not open their doors and offer shelter in at least extreme climates (where I live and where my mother lives - both opposite extremes in climate).
Simple answer. Churches are not built to be a shelter and so are not approved to be a shelter. There are insufficient toilets, some don't even have showers or baths, and other city/state code requirements for a building to qualify as a shelter. Also, the pews are bolted down so there'd be no room for cots.
Because the right wing wants to eliminate social safety nets while at the same time not opening doors to safety nets.
So you're just trolling then? By the way, Christianity is not exclusive to the right wing, and the local churches in Berkshire, England also have their doors locked at night. This isn't an American thing. You have a problem with the church and just disguising it with social safety nets
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Originally Posted by sailordave
Simple answer. Churches are not built to be a shelter and so are not approved to be a shelter. There are insufficient toilets, some don't even have showers or baths, and other city/state code requirements for a building to qualify as a shelter. Also, the pews are bolted down so there'd be no room for cots.
Thank you. I was about to type this, and according to building regulations and tax codes, churches and shelters are different. If I wanted to convert a house into a dental clinic, I would need to get a permit for that, for example
BTW some people are homeless because they CHOOSE to be homeless.
Granted there are homeless that are temporarily down and out that need a helping hand, but some of these losers will expect you to carry them and families for generations.
The homeless losers I see around LA have money for beer and cigarettes but they need help???
You can give these defects a million dollars and they'll still end up back on the streets. You need to ask the " Churches " this question.
While you're at it ask the Catholic Church why it tells ignorant poor idiots not to use birth control and ( WWJW ) why would Jesus want them to continually breed and bring more helpless children into poverty to starve and suffer when these idiots can't take care of themselves and the children they already have?
Oh, Jesus has nothing to do with it? Then, pulease, close all the doors to the Christian churches - oh, and their tax free status while you are at it.
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