Thank you for posting this!Oh the hypocrisy of religion
Hi there, Adedayo. I dare you to read and look at all of this.
http://www.mercyvolunteers.org/about/
http://www.pallotticenter.org/index.php?m=cd
http://duluthbenedictines.org/
http://www.bonsecours.org/bsvm/
http://cabrinimissioncorps.org/
http://www.capuchin.org/get_involved/cap_corps
http://www.chirhocatholicservice.org/
http://www.changeaheartvolunteers.org/
http://christinthecitymissionaries.com/
http://www.covenanthouse.org/action/homeless-shelter-volunteer
http://www.franciscanvolunteerministry.org/
http://www.vincentianvols.org/
This is quite literally nearly half of the 76 websites of Catholic-based volunteer work associations. I went to each one of these websites I have posted to evaluate myself the sincerity of its charity and purpose. These volunteer organizations extend to Asia Pacific, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, North America, South America, and especially Africa (the lovely continent where which that second photo was taken). This service work especially extends to the poverty levels in each of the 50 states of America as well. There are programs for ALL ages. Some are particularly designed for teens or children to do service internationally, while some are more designed for adults with bachelor degrees that genuinely have knowledge or medical skill to offer. These aren’t selfish “Go convert as many people as you can!” corporations. Their purposes range from improving child care, community organization, construction and home repair, education, environmental work, health care, human rights work, immigration services, legal services, pastoral and campus ministry, shelter/group home services, to even social work.
Anyone who volunteers in any of these organizations leaves the comfort of their own lives to work in a completely different environment completely dedicated to helping others. Their period of volunteering can be as short as 1-2 weeks to months and months, and even to more than 3 years.
And these are just CATHOLIC organizations. We are excluding the incredible amounts of Protestant volunteer organizations and work that also is in action currently as well.
Hey, while we’re at it, let’s check out what my own religion has done.
http://lds.org/haiti-relief/relief/why_we_help.htm
“Latter-day Saint Charities, sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is an application of this admonition of Jesus Christ to help others in need. We have sponsored relief and development projects in 167 countries. This assistance is rendered without regard to race, religious affiliation, or nationality and is based on the core principles of personal responsibility, community support, self–reliance, and sustainability.
Unique in its support structure, Latter-day Saint Charities has access to the resources of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which include food production and processing, grain storage, vocational rehabilitation, donated used clothing, and employment and social services. Largely run with volunteer labor, Latter-day Saint Charities operates both independently and in cooperation with other charitable organizations and governments. Last year, over one million man–days of labor were contributed by volunteers in support of welfare initiatives.
Latter-day Saint Charities provides emergency relief assistance in times of natural disasters. In addition, our primary community development programs include clean water, neonatal resuscitation training, vision care, wheelchairs, immunizations, food production, and other health programs.
The assistance we render is made possible by generous donations of cash and in–kind materials from members and friends of the LDS Church.”
Hmmm… While we’re at it… remember Haiti?
(Excerpt from an article in February 2010)
“Latter-day Saint Charities has been providing relief to those who have been displaced, injured, or otherwise suffering from the effects of the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.
The organization has already provided over one million pounds (25 semi–trucks) of food, hygiene kits, water filtration bottles, water systems, and medical supplies such as medicine and wheelchairs. Two thousand seven hundred tents have been distributed to families forced to leave their homes. Supplies are being shipped by air from the U.S. and by truck from the Dominican Republic.
Nine LDS chapels located in and around Port-au-Prince have been opened as shelters to support local communities. Food and other relief supplies brought into Haiti are being used at these shelters to assist with basic needs. Approximately half of the people being helped at or in Church facilities are members of other faiths.
Latter-day Saint Charities has had medical teams on the ground since January 16.”
What about Africa, the country you seem to believe we religious people don’t care about at all?
“The key to success in such projects is the people themselves. LDS Charities contracted a project manager, hygiene supervisor, 10 site monitors, and 10 hygiene instructors for this 100-well project. This train-the-trainer concept extends the training to 100 villages and some 50,000 people. Most of these small communities—averaging about 900 people each—consist of Muslims and Christians who work together with Latter-day Saint Charities for a common good, regardless of their different beliefs.
The value of clean water cannot be completely appreciated until one realizes that Sierra Leone has the world’s second-highest infant mortality rate. Waterborne typhoid fever is one of the leading causes. Last year, LDS Charities provided clean water in Sierra Leone and 22 other countries for nearly one million people.
“If I could speak for the people of Sierra Leone,” said Mustapha Turay, project manager for the new wells, “I would say a big thank you to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for blessing our lives, for coming to our aid at a most needed time. Thank you for saving lives.”
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This is only a TINY sample of what my church and hundreds of other churches have done. Go ahead and check it out for yourself if you are curious what else my RELIGION is doing: http://lds.org/haiti-relief/relief/homepage.htm Before you think that religion is evil and fruitless and hypocritical, look at what it inspires. I DARE you to tell me that we do nothing in the field of charity. I dare you to tell us that we don’t hear the cries of starving children or the struggle of poverty stricken lands.
Charity is mentioned 24 times in the bible. (92 times in all of the “mormon books”)
Service is mentioned 116 times in the bible. (197 times for mormons)
Since I was 8 years old, I have fasted for two meals on the first Sunday of every month, and given my bishop the money that I would have spent on those two meals. That money then goes to a church “food bank” specifically designed to help those that are poor and needed the bare necessities of living for both members and nonmembers. My parents do this. My mormon friends do this. Every active member of our church around the world does this. And the money from this effort fights poverty worldwide.
Don’t you ever accuse that Christianity, or religion in general, does nothing for poverty and doesn’t listen to its own doctrine. We have done far more than you as an individual could dream of doing.
(Source: epiphanyofabadkid, via promise-youll-catch-me)
