Whose responsibility is it to protect unhoused when it’s freezing outside? An Ohio pastor opened his church to the homeless and was charged by city.

  • damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world
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    I dunno. It seems pretty clear that charged in this case means the government sicced the dogs on him for being a… checks notes… good Christian.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      No wonder we have so many Bad Christians when the good ones are punished for their deeds.

      This is what the gospel of Jesus meant that the life of a true Christian was the hardest.

      The people who actually follow the gospel are generally vilified by the majority of Christians for making the rest of them look bad or something.

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        If these people get angry at someone performing a good deed because that makes then look bad, they’re going to hell.

        If even the least absolutist christian sect, the church of England, teaches that as they did to me during my childhood, then those fuckers aren’t even close to being Christian. They’re just wearing a crucifix.

        Fucking posers.

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      10 months ago

      Hey now, since when does being a good Christian mean… checks notes… taking care of the oppressed, hungry & needy? Oh, well shit. :-P

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      I wonder if there’s a first amendment defense to be made here. The pastor was following his religious tenets by sheltering the poor in the church in their time of need.

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      So private sector does gov job, in caring for citizens and gets in trouble. As if the gov wants to criminalize kindness.