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randomname10131013 t1_j6ereug wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Missouri Camping Ban Squeezes Rural Homeless Population by user10085

Are you Christian?

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GazelleShoddy4374 t1_j6eucv7 wrote

I have not seen any Christians open up their personal homes to the homeless around here. Or even let them camp in their yards to help in that Christian way.

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[deleted] t1_j6es6mz wrote

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randomname10131013 t1_j6ex3vx wrote

I wish it were so simple. This isn't about panhandling anyway...This is about sleeping. Does your nephew sleep outside?

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[deleted] t1_j6exz1j wrote

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randomname10131013 t1_j6eymy4 wrote

You must be one of those, 'God helps those who help themselves' kind of Christians, not the Jesus kind. 🦾🤷🏻‍♂️🤯

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[deleted] t1_j6eyvrh wrote

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randomname10131013 t1_j6ez01i wrote

Matthew 25:34-36 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

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-Valued_Customer- t1_j6f2lyu wrote

Can you answer the question?

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[deleted] t1_j6f2y6s wrote

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-Valued_Customer- t1_j6f380s wrote

That sounds like chudspeak for “I call myself a Christian for identity points but I don’t actually practice.”

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[deleted] t1_j6f3j9y wrote

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-Valued_Customer- t1_j6f43lh wrote

We can agree on that much.

Well, most Americans who voice your perspective do consider themselves Christians in what is surely the most ironic irony that ever ironied.

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[deleted] t1_j6f4bj9 wrote

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-Valued_Customer- t1_j6f4gff wrote

I do too, but I don’t see how that’s related to helping people.

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[deleted] t1_j6f4vno wrote

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-Valued_Customer- t1_j6f6pg0 wrote

See, I believe in not judging a person by their residential status. I’ve never stolen a thing in my life—not even as a kid. And yet I’ve been homeless. It sucks. I’m grateful that not everyone was stingy with their charitableness. I always refused it because I’m too proud for my own good, but just being offered was enough to put a smile on my face for the day.

You don’t know what wars someone is fighting that you can’t even see. We can show kindness and solidarity to people who may be ready to give up, or we can hold our possessions ever-tighter and close ourselves off to the world.

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[deleted] t1_j6f73l7 wrote

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-Valued_Customer- t1_j6f835t wrote

I’m not homeless now because I had a support network, a surfeit of interpersonal charisma, and smarts. None of these were the product of my own efforts. Not everyone has those advantages, and very few indeed possess all three.

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Benway23 t1_j6f5imq wrote

Regardless of your religion I think you are a wretch.

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randomname10131013 t1_j6f7xwt wrote

Mark 10:21-22 Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’ When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

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StinkyDeerback t1_j6g4cod wrote

So, he isn't one affected by this law. Why are you even commenting?

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CraziestPenguin t1_j6gff0y wrote

This definitely doesn’t cover all of them but this really is a hustle for a lot of people. And it’s why I don’t give homeless people money.

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WendyArmbuster t1_j6esziq wrote

I saw one of my recently former students with a sign on 44 and Kansas, and I asked some of my current students about it. They said they used to work with him at Taco Bell, but they saw him walking past the store when he was scheduled to work and so they fired him. He was completely capable of working, he just didn't want to.

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randomname10131013 t1_j6ex5ec wrote

Does your student sleep outside?

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WendyArmbuster t1_j6f51ff wrote

Last I heard he was living with his girlfriend, who he knocked up. Not all who panhandle are homeless. Not all homeless panhandle. He is absolutely at risk of being homeless though, because of his choices, and that's the point I'm making here. I support the opposite of this law that bans camping on government property, and I wish we could build areas that are safe and have resources for camping for the homeless. Not as a solution to homelessness, but as a small part of a multi-layered approach that addresses the issue holistically, from treating drug abuse and mental illness, to the housing shortage, and to the lack of available resources for those who don't have the executive function that many of us enjoy.

I can oppose this law, and still expect and encourage people to make the best decisions they're capable of.

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