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TreasonousBastard

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2. OK, but I volunteer at several "religious" soup kitchens and...

Reply to skepticscott (Original post)

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 12:13 AM

Nov 2013

the people running them would never, ever turn down help from atheists, or anyone else who didn't share their beliefs. We don't ask the hungry about their religion, either. We'll give them some religious comfort if they ask for it, but never push it on them.

Now, maybe if there were avowed Satanists in full devil drag dropping by to help we might be a bit suspicious.

Other than that, we take the good samaritan thing very seriously. Even if our "samaritan" doesn't believe the story about the samaritan.

Part of being a good Christian is not being in a hurry to judge who is or isn't a good Christian, but I might take a guess about the Spartanburg Soup Kitchen crew.

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Atheist Charity snubs religious volunteers [View all] skepticscott Oct 2013 OP

They should sponsor their own soup kitchen, JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #1

One would think that helping people without judgement would be the Christian thing to do. pepperbear Nov 2013 #5

OK, but I volunteer at several "religious" soup kitchens and... TreasonousBastard Nov 2013 #2

that's been my experience also gopiscrap Nov 2013 #4

Turning away help is a dumb thing to do. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #3