Originally posted by 04marauder:
I'm with darp. Although disgust is taking it a bit too far. Its wrong for anyone to try and heap condemnation on others. But it is ok for your fellow christians to try and help you come to a place of repentance and change. Big B you say you're unashamedly evangelical christian? Have you talked to your pastor about your indifference to the poor? I too appreciate the honesty you have conveyed in your post. You are by no means unique though. And you reinforce what many non christians percieve the evangelical community to be.




Heap condemnation? Wow... what?

No I haven't talk with my pastor about my indifference towards the poor.

I disagree, I think most in the evangelical community are all about helping the poor. I know my church has clothing and food drives every month to distribute to the poor. My mother is the manager of a large warehouse that distributes donated clothing and household items to those individuals who claim to be in need.

Interestingly, my experiences with the poor (probably a lot more than most), such as volunteering at homeless shelters almost weekly for 4 years during highschool, as well as now owning a house in the area of town that I do have also contributed to my disdain for those individuals who have no desire to help themselves.

Just curious, what do you folks propose I do as I walk to the local market (4 blocks away) to buy a gallon of milk and am confronted by no less than 3 or 4 "poor" people asking me for a dollar to "take the bus"? Bring them all home and feed them dinner?

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