ok, I grant you that these were baptist/fundamentalist churches, and I did not ask at any synagogues. Just would have been better for FEMA to have its act together, is all I am saying.
Dana On 5/9/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The original Jewish law was you had to give the money to whomever > asked regardless of faith. I had a cousin that was down and out many > years ago and her synagogue wouldn't help her so she went to a nearby > church and they helped. > I guess these days you just need to ask around. > > > On 5/9/05, Dana wrote: > > I was terminally soured on this concept when I got wiped out in a > > flood in Texas and wound up having to talk to people who would not > > give me as much as a food box unless I attended a church service. > > Their church service of course. This is the usual practice, at least > > around San Antonio. It really bugs me because it assumes that 1) the > > person's actual problem is that they are not attending church (as > > opposed to FEMA having its thumb up its ass let's say) and that 2) > > attending the service will somwhow help. Not to mention that if I had > > been a practicing Catholic, I would have been committing a sin. > > > > Dana > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156854 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
