The original Jewish law was you had to give the money to whomever asked regardless of faith. I had a cousin that was down and out many years ago and her synagogue wouldn't help her so she went to a nearby church and they helped. I guess these days you just need to ask around.
On 5/9/05, Dana wrote: > I was terminally soured on this concept when I got wiped out in a > flood in Texas and wound up having to talk to people who would not > give me as much as a food box unless I attended a church service. > Their church service of course. This is the usual practice, at least > around San Antonio. It really bugs me because it assumes that 1) the > person's actual problem is that they are not attending church (as > opposed to FEMA having its thumb up its ass let's say) and that 2) > attending the service will somwhow help. Not to mention that if I had > been a practicing Catholic, I would have been committing a sin. > > Dana > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156851 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
