Act Like Christians

[seebs]

Wow, no offense to those people, I'm sure they meant well, but... That's fucked up.

Lemme borrow a story, posted on ChristianForums once.

Those Pharisees. Man, always playin' games with the ice cream.

First, they're all like, "Free Ice Cream." But then they're like, "But first you have to watch this educational video." And you're all like, "But you said 'Free Ice Cream.'" And they're all like, "But we can't just give away ice cream. It is too yummy and delicious." And you're all like, "Man, that's a rip off. You lied to me." And they're all like, "It wasn't a lie. We're not charging any MONEY for the ice cream." And you're all like, "That doesn't seem right." And they're all like, "Looks like you're too dumb if you can't understand a simple thing like ADVERTISING." And you're all like, "I just wanted some ice cream." And they're all like, "Go away.
No ice cream for you."

And then you look and they don't even have any ice cream. All they have is that crappy Italian Ice stuff that isn't anything like ice cream.

That's what I think of Pharisees.

On the topic of "extra money"... I think the theory is that, if the government has $1M that has been allocated to spend on "feeding the hungry", that spending it on a religious program full of volunteers who really believe in that might get more people actually fed than doing it through an essentially commercial entity run by people who have decided to make a living at it.

I am not sure this reasoning is sound. I think it could be in principle, but in practice, it works badly.

Anyway... Making you listen to a sermon to get fed is a slap in the face to the entire concept of the Gospel. In Matthew 25, when Jesus talks about feeding the hungry, He never even hints at imposing requirements on them!