Can't Let Something Like a City-Destroying Storm Get In the Way of Profits!
Joel Osteen, he of soothing voice and prosperity gospel advocacy, was recently in the spotlight for being shamed to opening the doors of his church to flood victims who may or may not all be part of his congregation.
It's good that he finally did (hey, it took Moses a little while to get with the program; God's used to working with stubborn people).
HOWEVER...
When you run a tax-exempt organization that's allowed to do most anything without scrutiny, you gotta find some way to compensate for those bums who may be *gasp* trying to take advantage of your (strong-armed) goodwill!
So why not pass that plate around while people who are looking for shelter are still hanging around? They may not have a house, but I bet there's still money in the bank!
Let it be said that this humble blogger's theory is: Osteen never wanted to open the church as a shelter in the first place because he was thinking about Sunday service, and he wanted his congregation to come into a nice clean church, not something out of Book of Eli. He probably also realized that donations might be a little low if half of the people present could barely avoid what in the vending machines (his mega-church use to be the home of the Houston Rockets; I'm just guessing the vending machines are still there). It probably wasn't malice, just business. Cold, uncaring, greedy business; like in the Bible.
It's good that he finally did (hey, it took Moses a little while to get with the program; God's used to working with stubborn people).
HOWEVER...
When you run a tax-exempt organization that's allowed to do most anything without scrutiny, you gotta find some way to compensate for those bums who may be *gasp* trying to take advantage of your (strong-armed) goodwill!
So why not pass that plate around while people who are looking for shelter are still hanging around? They may not have a house, but I bet there's still money in the bank!
Let it be said that this humble blogger's theory is: Osteen never wanted to open the church as a shelter in the first place because he was thinking about Sunday service, and he wanted his congregation to come into a nice clean church, not something out of Book of Eli. He probably also realized that donations might be a little low if half of the people present could barely avoid what in the vending machines (his mega-church use to be the home of the Houston Rockets; I'm just guessing the vending machines are still there). It probably wasn't malice, just business. Cold, uncaring, greedy business; like in the Bible.
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