Carno--I don't understand why you're doing this dance with me. I'm not saying there was anything formal or legally binding about the strings that were attached to this gift. Obviously there wasn't, I never claimed there was. They were completely one-sided strings of expectation. I've said that like four times now.
It's clear that there was something the church members expected from the house recipients. You can see that from how upset they are now.
Is this hard to follow? It seems very straightforward to me.
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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
RB I just cant wrap my mind around your way of thinking, what these people did was wrong wrong wrong. If the church wanted anything out of it, it was to help a truly needy family and they got scammed. The motivations of the "family" are what need to be scrutinized, NOT the church.
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I'm not saying it wasn't a great thing to do. It was (though I'm with Daniel, I sort of would rather they'd broken that money up and given less to lots more people). I'm just saying I don't see the uproar over it. There's no evidence that's been posted so far that anything underhanded took place. Instead I see a congregation that didn't see the gratitude they expected, and so now they're in Suspicion Mode. I see a family that's on the defensive because so many people are cursing their name. None of that is what Jesus would do.
I guess I'm just not rushing to judgment on this one, is all.
What if the church DID help a needy family? What if that money was a total godsend for them, allowing them to go resume their lives in New Orleans? Isn't that just as possible as them being con artists?
Look, set aside the whole "church's motivation" thing. That was one thing I said early in this thread, and it grew out of all proportion, so let's drop it. I just don't think we can condemn the family without knowing more.