If there's something I haven't seen it's a church with money. I worked at a church for one year - it's insane how many good things they have to cut because of budget. The churches I know put their money in a lot of good and helpful projects.
We have plenty of homeless shelters. They just don't let drug addicts in, and for good reason.
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Plenty of homeless shelters... which are filled to capacity within half an hour of opening for the night, leaving a lot of people still out on the streets. Plenty is not the same as enough.
Well, I don't see you drawing from personal experience or sharing any evidence of any kind. Although, you ARE right about there being "at least one". Something tells me that Stockton, CA does not hold the honor of taking the best care of it's homeless in the entire country.
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Personal experience (i.e. anecdotes) are not sufficient evidence of an overall trend.
http://www.shelter20.com/homeless-statistics/
58% of the homeless sleep in shelters and transitional housing whilst the remaining 42% sleep unsheltered.
You're not telling me anything I don't know, and statistics like that say nothing about the reasons behind why some sleep in shelters and some don't. I see the reason every day I go to work. If you find it that hard to believe, please, let me know where you live. I'm planning on moving out of this shithole in the next few years.
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Except we weren't taking about the reasons for homelessness but the availability of shelter, which makes those statistics very relevant, an your comment a non-sequitur.
Well, so be it. In any case, drug use does have an effect on the availability of shelter, but that's more on the receiving end, unlike our end, which in some places doesn't seemed concerned with giving out second chances unless you're a corporate behemoth.
Maybe it's just a California thing. Like I said before, it hasn't been my experience, and I've had very intimate contact with shelters and the homeless.
You know, what we COULD do is try to get a CharitySubstance started, to find ways to help in our communities and encourage others to join.
The archbishop of bling certainly didn't put money and effort back into the people who needed it. Mega churches and the like essentially say that if you give them money, you will be forgiven of sins and whatnot. Which is a load of steaming bull. It's less of them spreading a message of love and kindness and more for them to line their own pockets.
Youre stereotyping all of religion based on a select few but you can't denie that churchs in a lot of major religions contribute tremendously to the community. Buddhist monasteries and Catholic Orphanages are good examples. Although the organizations arent perfect, they still produce a lot of good.
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No, that's not stereotyping all of them, it' acknowledging those which are despicable, something the religious seem loathe to do.
It's amazing how he talked about the love he had for his community but yet and still he had millions to spend on his drugs, parties, and women. That doesn't even scratch the surface of what he didn't do for the community. I agree with him while heartedly, but he didn't have much room to talk. He didn't need gold ceilings, either
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Yes, but I don't think tupac ever claimed to have a perfect morality.
I feel like this is a sad reflection about some churches and being a Christian i feel like God would be really upset with the way some people were marketing and using religion trying to change it into something it was never meant to be.
http://www.shelter20.com/homeless-statistics/
58% of the homeless sleep in shelters and transitional housing whilst the remaining 42% sleep unsheltered.
Maybe it's just a California thing. Like I said before, it hasn't been my experience, and I've had very intimate contact with shelters and the homeless.
You know, what we COULD do is try to get a CharitySubstance started, to find ways to help in our communities and encourage others to join.