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India: A beautiful example of self-styled Christians completely ignoring the reported words of Jesus has come out of a tiny village in Tamil Nadu which was bady affected by the recent tsunami:
Jubilant at seeing the relief trucks loaded with food, clothes and the much-needed medicines the villagers, many of who have not had a square meal in days, were shocked when the nuns asked them to convert before distributing biscuits and water.
Heated arguments broke out as the locals forcibly tried to stop the relief trucks from leaving. The missionaries, who rushed into their cars on seeing television reporters and the cameras refusing to comment on the incident and managed to leave the village.
Note that if you donate to the Tsunami fund run by the Disasters Emergency Committee in the UK, your money is divided up between the participating charities, including a number of Christian ones who, while probably not engaging in this kind of behaviour, are definitely hypocrites who ignore the reported words of Jesus in Matthew 6:1-4.
Villagers furious with Christian Missionaries - Yahoo News (via Pharyngula), 16th January 2004.
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January 24, 2005 8:54 PM
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It makes sense that it would be a restatement of Jewish law, seeing as it's in the same speech attributed to Jesus in which he points out " Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." (Matt 5: 17-18), but Matthew does state quite clearly in the context that it is Jesus saying all this, and not Matthew (end of Matt 4, beginning of Matt. 5), so why Christians should reject the words of Christ is completely beyond me!
There again, this lovely sermon also contains all the stuff televangelists like to ignore, about the blessedness of the meek, the poor, the merciful and the peacemakers.
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January 27, 2005 10:59 PM
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"...while probably not engaging in this kind of behaviour, are definitely hypocrites..."
Like it: reminds me of a spoof Daily Mail front page that Private Eye ran, years ago in the eighties. Massive banner headline: "Labour Party Plan To Murder Royal Family." Smaller text: "In a secret document found inside our editor's imagination..."
Yep, sounds pretty darn conclusive to me.
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January 27, 2005 11:19 PM
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Oh no, there's nothing imaginary about the hypocrisy of a charity boasting of its Christianity. Go and read what Jesus had to say on the matter in the bits of the Bible linked to in the article.
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January 24, 2005 6:07 PM | Reply
Matthew is summarising Tzedekah, the Jewish laws of charity which hold anonymity and empowerment to be the highest forms of charity.
Christians long ago rejected in this in favour of giving makes you righteous, recieving makes you humble. I have no idea when or where this took hold.