Jennifer's comment below makes it even worse.
She calls their evangelism "offensive."
Paul Vail reads this board, and he ought to speak up and clarify this
quickly.
SUFA was supposed to be about safty, not condemning anyone's religion.
What's the story, Paul?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jennifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Tommy,
> It wasn't a fight against any religion per se. What I believe Paul
> is referring to is the lack of a real program to treat the
addictions
> and/or psychological problems that are often present in some
homeless
> populations. The mission described their "treatment" on their
> earlier web page as requiring the men to sleep on the sanctuary
> floor, accept the faith of the mission (which was non-
denominational
> christian). So if you were a Jew, Buddhist, Catholic, Jainist,
> Baptist, Atheist or anything else you had to accept the mission's
> religious doctrine in order to stay inside the mission.
> To me this is offensive. I also don't see how it helps. It is one
> thing for a person to choose a faith and that can help with other
> issues, but on an icy cold winter day many may be forced to convert
> (or pretend to) in order to stay warm. There is also the issue of
no
> other programs for their population. They would simply turn the
ones
> who did not sleep on the sanctuary floor and convert out onto the
> streets to find their way.
> In my opinion, it was that practice that made the mission seem
quite
> dangerous to both the residents of the city and the men who they
> would shelter, but not provide additional referrals or assistance
to
> their underlying needs.
> Jennifer
>
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