'defend your stuff'
May 06, 2007 by Chris | permalink
i am in new york. time shifting so i wake up pretty early. it is sunday morning. turned on the television to check out the news. a tele-evangalist was on. the first, the jimmy swaggart somethingorother, told the audience that if they did not donate to a ministry that was spreading the 'word of the cross' around the world, then their donation DID NOT COUNT. the message was disgusting in that it implied that only donations/charity that helped ministries was any good - NOT helping your neighbor, or enhancing the situation in the local comunity around you - ONLY the ministries afar.
another station.
a super church in the mid west. very charismatic 'bishop' speaking about 'the stand-off'. PROTECT YOUR STUFF was his message. again, incredibly scary. the message was clear. THEY are out to get US and to take our stuff from us. nothing about equality of the distribution or consumption of the STUFF.
