Kudos
Posted on September 9th, 2005 by catalyst into the Uncategorized categoryI slam churches all the time for their failure to act or their lack of compassion.
Thus, I feel I should also offer praise where it is due. There is an article in the NYTimes discussing how churches thoughout the US are opening their doors to evacuees.
Its good to see.
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September 9th, 2005 at 10:41 am
“I slam churches all the time for their failure to act or their lack of compassion.”
So, catalyst, what exactly have you done in response to Hurricane Katrina?
September 9th, 2005 at 11:25 am
Well, for one, I’ve decided that I don’t answer to anonymous critics.
September 9th, 2005 at 12:38 pm
so in other words, you’ve done nothing. That makes sense with all the time you spend criticizing everyone else.
September 9th, 2005 at 12:45 pm
Catalyst is raising awareness through his blog.
I suppose if he wanted to be like most churches he would just put up a sign saying “donations accepted”.
In fact that is what we are going to do. No more talk it’s time for action.
We are now accepting donation for Hurricane Relief Efforts.
September 9th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
What if I were to tell you that I gave $500 to the Red Cross last Friday. Would that change your mind about the church?
Would you suddenly agree with me that churches don’t act very compassionate?
Somehow, I doubt it.
See what you’re doing, is engaging in an Ad Hominem attack. By attacking me, you no longer have to address the issue of compassion in the church.
You’re diverting attention away from the issue of church behavior, and turning the attention to me and “what I do”.
What I do is irrelevant. Because in reality, I could be Mother Theresa and you would still disagree with my assertion that churches don’t act in a very compassionate manner.
And that’s fine.
September 9th, 2005 at 1:29 pm
From a different anonymous…
The fact is that in this case churches have blown away almost every other agency in it’s response. In fact, even the agencies helping are full of Christians staffers doing the work or depending on churches to help them get their work done. I don’t say this to defend the church, I’m involved in social outreach and in Oregon’s response to the possible influence of evacuees, and I tell you that the church at large is doing a great job on this one.
I think as the church we do our best in times like this… Uhm, what could that mean? Maybe when we are not focused on needs of the community we get focused on ourselves rather than the principles of the gospel? Then we find things to pick at (like starting blogs) or build big programs and buildings that occupy out time and resources….
By the way I love how when someone calls Catalyst into account he gets defensive
September 9th, 2005 at 1:37 pm
“The fact is that in this case churches have blown away almost every other agency in it’s response.”
I just don’t believe it.
September 9th, 2005 at 1:39 pm
Also, I’m not attacking Christians. I’m attacking the church.
I don’t doubt that Christians do a lot of good. But churches, in general, leave much to be desired.
September 9th, 2005 at 2:01 pm
I love how all the anonymous critics here almost never stay on the topics at hand and make everything into a personal attack. You guys/girls can’t even leave a Catalyst topic PRAISING the church response to Katrina without taking a shot at him. I’d love to see how an actual debate would go between Anonymouses and the Mortons….
September 9th, 2005 at 2:22 pm
We’d kick their ass.
September 9th, 2005 at 2:36 pm
Was that really Anonymous or was that a Morton writing as Anonymous responding to Anonymous?
September 9th, 2005 at 5:00 pm
I’m a Morton writing as an anonymous, responding to the anonymous who addressed the anonymous who questioned my anonymity. I think…
September 9th, 2005 at 5:04 pm
No wait, I’m a MORON writing as a Morton, disquised as the Anonymous who questioned the anonymity of the previous Anonymous who disguised himself as a Morton.
September 9th, 2005 at 9:35 pm
hey, catalyst, thanks for the heads up about the NY Times article.
The church is people. People want to help people.
I think what I’ve heard Catalyst and RP take issue with is the injustice and hypocrisy they’ve witnessed in organized religious systems disguised as the church. In this particular post Catalyst is revealing a public report from a major American newspaper that higlights what people of the Christian faith are doing to truly help in relief efforts.
And that, as my heroine Martha Stewart would say, Is a good thing.
(ok, she’s not really my heroine, but I like to quote her)
September 10th, 2005 at 12:24 am
I would also like to quote Martha:
“Get the hell out of my KITCHEN!”