RE: Question to Theists
June 17, 2014 at 7:58 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2014 at 8:22 pm by fr0d0.)
(June 17, 2014 at 4:32 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: All depends on what you mean by 'help', reality.
I once gave a ragged homeless man all the money I had on me, because I felt really and truly sorry for him and his current circumstance.
The exhibition group at University I was with had just proceeded to stuff their fat faces full of rich food, steak pies, cakes, scones, pastry, you name it. It was a bitterly cold winter's day outside. Everyone walked past him for the train home. No one gave a shit about the man. It was starting to come to rain, making it even colder.
I gave so much, but I wouldn't have had to, because if everyone gave just a little I know he'd have been alright. I hoped he'd have somewhere warm to stay the night at least.
About a week later, I see him again, and he's drunk himself absolutely silly. Another week later and he's gone. I can't assume it ended well for him.
You can 'help' people, lend a hand, get some assistance, but what good is any of it when they can't help themselves? When they want to destroy themselves through drink and drug abuse?
I know a guy who happened to be a Christian who wouldn't give money for that reason. He'd take the person and buy them food, then he'd take them to a shelter... because through experience and understanding of people in that situation, he knew where money would go if given.
