{"id":3015,"date":"2012-06-28T09:14:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2012-06-28T09:14:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T14:14:13","slug":"scientology-offers-free-food-to-the-hungry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=3015","title":{"rendered":"Scientology Offers Free Food To The Hungry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Scientology of New York is offering free food to the hungry for every Facebook \u201clike\u201d they get on their Facebook page. Aren\u2019t they charitable? Go \u201clike\u201d their page, because it shouldn&#8217;t matter where we\u2019re feeding the hungry, just that we ARE feeding them, right?<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>Now let me come clean. It wasn\u2019t the Church of Scientology; it was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/holyapostlessoupkitchen\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen<\/a> in Chelsea, NY. Yeah, we can be outraged when Scientology exploits the hungry but when Christians do it, doesn\u2019t seem to be a big deal to most people.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, they aren\u2019t handing out free Bibles with every meal but don\u2019t think they wouldn\u2019t if they could do so without losing their tax-exempt status. For religious institutions, it isn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=9204c4e2-24d4-4b5a-bb62-f05ae87631b9\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=3015\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 317364;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of Scientology of New York is offering free food to the hungry for every Facebook \u201clike\u201d they get on their Facebook page. Aren\u2019t they charitable? Go \u201clike\u201d their page, because it shouldn&#8217;t matter where we\u2019re feeding the hungry, just that we ARE feeding them, right? Except that it does matter. 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