I have been to a few thrift stores in my area of SW FL that are [View all]

[Maraya1969]

connected to a Christian church and they either try to hide it or just do not link to them openly.

The last one was last week. I had been to this place and was gong back in with a bag full of stuff when it occurred to me to ask what organization they were with, (They previously told me they were a charity that helped women recovering from addictions). The guy told me that they were associated with this church I happen to know. They use "Being saved" as a way of recovering from addictions.

Which may work for some people. But as we all know here that church and its beliefs can be very dangerous.

When the guy told me I said something like, "I don't like that" and then, "I don't like that you are kind of hiding that" and another woman who was standing near me agreed.

But truthfully I think they need to hide. There are plenty of thrift stores around here - Habitat for humanity, one for the women's shelter, animal welfare ones. Who the hell is going to donate to an organization that causes such hurt and pain to so many people? (And I am one of those people......I feel lucky to have gotten out of the whole scene).

The Christian church really needs to look at their declining poll numbers and their reputations. It is so obvious that they need to fix a bunch of things. Any other group that is not a cult would have done some reputation recovery after finding out what people think of them. But I swear I think that so many of these types of Christians think they are "The chosen ones" and don't even see how wildly hated they are.