DangerousTalk

The Church of Scientology of New York is offering free food to the hungry for every Facebook “like” they get on their Facebook page. Aren’t they charitable? Go “like” their page, because it shouldn’t matter where we’re feeding the hungry, just that we ARE feeding them, right?

Except that it does matter. Who has read this far and is outraged that Scientology is taking advantage of the hungry to push their system of belief not only on the hungry who are in a vulnerable position but also to promote their Facebook page?

Now let me come clean. It wasn’t the Church of Scientology; it was the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen in Chelsea, NY. Yeah, we can be outraged when Scientology exploits the hungry but when Christians do it, doesn’t seem to be a big deal to most people.

Don’t get me wrong, I am glad they are feeding the hungry; I just wish they treated them with respect instead of taking advantage of their vulnerable position and using them for their own gain. It would be better if they just had a soup kitchen without plastering a billboard for their religion on the front door and presumably plastering the interior with advertisements.

Sure, they aren’t handing out free Bibles with every meal but don’t think they wouldn’t if they could do so without losing their tax-exempt status. For religious institutions, it isn’t about helping the hungry; it is about exploiting the hungry and we should call them out on it. If Scientology were the ones running this scam, people would be outraged. They should be just as outraged when some other religious group does it.

Filed under: Evils of Christianity, facebook, missionaries, Preaching, Religious Manipulation, scientology