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Originally Posted by maddog
Jeepers, you say that as if only "Christians" can possibly "get" that helping one another should not be burdened with a price. The PRINCIPLE of charity requires that, WHOEVER does it -- Christian or no -- should not "exact a price" for the act of kindness. Otherwise, quite simply, it's not charity, not virtue, at all.
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Right.
My point isn't that no one else can or should do this, or that no one else does... But that it's absolutely sickening for Christians
not to, because that teaching is really fucking clear.
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Whoever gives the lunch TRULY FREELY -- THAT's the virtuous person. And I believe there is/can be a "free lunch." Parents do it for their children all the time. And plenty of people do it for plenty of other people all the time. And anyone who does it in the NAME of a religion, such as "Christianity," has just put a price on the act and spoiled it of its virtue. IOW, if the act were truly charitable, you would never be able to find out if the person who did it was a Christian or not.
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I don't know that I'd go that far, but I agree strongly with the basic sentiment. I mean, we never tried to hide that people were sleeping in "a church basement" for Project Home, but... Preaching? That would be
rude.