quote:Originally posted by magikalis:
Incoming. Evacuees from the Texas coast. Shouldn't you be out there doing your "charitable work"?
If they come this way, I probably will.
In the meantime, I will continue to pray for you Magi.
quote:Originally posted by magikalis:
Incoming. Evacuees from the Texas coast. Shouldn't you be out there doing your "charitable work"?
quote:Originally posted by magikalis:
Frightening.
quote:Originally posted by DixieChik:quote:Originally posted by magikalis:
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
—Matthew 12:36-37
The Bible also says if a man won't work he doesn't eat...Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you...and many other verses that go directly in line with my feelings on the Katrina "victims"...so please stop with the high and mighty "I'm so righteous" act...Many of us on this forum are Christians just like you and have done our part. Like I said, I've given my money to my church and I've volunteered to do the things from Alabama that I could do to help them, but at some point and time you have to let a man fend for himself and now is the time...
A proverb that I don't remember who wrote talked about take a man a fish and he will eat...teach a man to fish and he will never starve again...They are no longer "victims" and I just think it is time they started acting like it...
quote:Originally posted by Ed@Bama:
Wow. I'm sorry that I precipitated this whole mess!
Talking about how one helps others in need from one side of one's mouth and then ridiculing and scorning them out of the other just struck me as at least faintly hypocritical, that's all. I didn't mean to start a religious catfight/flamewar!
quote:Originally posted by pain&panicsmom:quote:Most of the Katrina evacuees were able bodied people
I have a first hand instance of an able bodied Katrina evacuee. This has been "stuck in my craw" for a while now, so thanks for bringing it up.
There has been an older guy working for my husband, my husband met him sometime at the beginning of this year & instantly felt sorry for him because of his story.....Katrina got his house, they bussed him to North Alabama, put him up in a hotel room for a while & now he has been forgotten about by everyone. When my husband met this man, he was living in his car or in the parks getting ran out everynight. So my bighearted hubby put him to work. We have a house in florence that we have gradually been doing work on to get it back to "rent out" status. So my husband told him that he could stay there RENT FREE, while he got back on his feet.....well I have learned quite a bit about this man that we all felt so sorry for. 1st of all he has quite a bit of fines to pay off up here, not sure what all for but I know some of it involves alcohol....
He puts up this pitiful tale to everybody about how pitiful he is & how the government did him wrong. Okay, I understand some of his story, but my problem with him is THEY GET PAID ON FRIDAY (& HE GETS PAID RATHER WELL) By Monday he is dead broke.....okay, remember the rent free part I mentioned earlier? Well he has ABSOLUTELY NO BILLS. His grocery bill is it & gas to work is it, for a while my husband was his shuttle!! took him everywhere! So I asked my hubby why he was having to borrow $$ by monday, well apparently he is still alittle fond of the drink, so what he doesnt pay on his fines, or eat he drinks......
Now I am starting to understand why after all this time he is still dead broke & forgotten in North Alabama........
I am trying to teach my husband that it is okay to help people, but those people HAVE GOT TO HELP THEMSELVES FIRST!
Most of the Katrina evacuees were able bodied people........but SOME of them refuse to help themselves!!
Okay, thanks for letting me rant!! I feel better now!
quote:Originally posted by For The Least of These:quote:Originally posted by Ed@Bama:
Wow. I'm sorry that I precipitated this whole mess!
Talking about how one helps others in need from one side of one's mouth and then ridiculing and scorning them out of the other just struck me as at least faintly hypocritical, that's all. I didn't mean to start a religious catfight/flamewar!
No problem Ed,
God has a reason for EVERYTHING. I think maybe you were a merely vehicle to a bigger purpose on this one.
quote:Originally posted by TheFox:quote:Originally posted by For The Least of These:quote:Originally posted by Ed@Bama:
Wow. I'm sorry that I precipitated this whole mess!
Talking about how one helps others in need from one side of one's mouth and then ridiculing and scorning them out of the other just struck me as at least faintly hypocritical, that's all. I didn't mean to start a religious catfight/flamewar!
No problem Ed,
God has a reason for EVERYTHING. I think maybe you were a merely vehicle to a bigger purpose on this one.
The point that eveyone shoud see is that if there were 50 to a busload, not all 50 were violent and foul-mouthed. Sometimes in order to help those who need it you have to help those who don't along with it.