David Lloyd and his wife, Natalie, who were full-time missionaries, were attacked by gangs and were both killed, Rep. Ben Baker said. David was 23 and Natalie was 21.
      • stanleytweedle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Sounds great on paper but I’d have to know the details to give them any credit. Definitely heard of ‘Christian’ groups claiming to provide for 3rd world children that were outright fraud and\or actually abusive as fuck.

        • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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          6 months ago

          I’ve seen some Christian run homeless shelters that are basically just there to proselytize… and I’ve seen ones that are irreligious in appearance and service and just funded by Christians. I detest the proselytizing just as much as any other devote agnostic, but I’d like more information before judging this orphanage either way.

          • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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            6 months ago

            Christian run homeless shelters routinely make worship and unpaid labor mandatory if you want to stay there. Otherwise they kick you to the streets.

            Some even demand that you don’t seek employment (so they can exploit your unpaid labor indefinitely).

            • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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              6 months ago

              Absolutely 100% true for some, probably most, Christian run homeless shelters. Untrue for some (likely a minority) of homeless shelters. I’ve got no qualms about shitting on shitty Christians being asshats - I just have a problem generalizing this to everything.

            • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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              6 months ago

              The place where I live requires unpaid labor too. I don’t get why Mom has such a problem with Doritos dust. Let it lie, I say!

            • machinin@lemmy.world
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              6 months ago

              Some even demand that you don’t seek employment (so they can exploit your unpaid labor indefinitely).

              I’m gonna’ need a citation for that one.

              • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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                6 months ago

                Happily: https://thebaffler.com/latest/between-a-rock-and-a-god-place-whitcomb

                Once an individual is accepted, they must comply with all of the “house rules,” or “sacred covenant,” which hammer home the conditional nature of the charity on offer. In exchange for a bunk for thirty days, individuals are required to work without pay for six hours a day, six days a week. Jobs include working for various Mission business ventures and cleaning streets downtown—for which the Mission, but not the resident, is compensated. During this thirty-day period, residents are not permitted to look for outside work, which all but forecloses the hope of acquiring secure housing. For Dolores Nevin—who once went to the Mission with a torn rotator cuff and was turned away when she couldn’t work—disabilities that prevent you from “participating in daily Mission life” effectively bar you from staying there.

    • MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      I don’t agree with their religion and they shouldn’t have even been there. But to say that they were tourists is unfair. They were full-time missionaries. They (sadly) dedicated their lives to spreading their religion. They also probably tried to help meet basic needs like food, shelter, etc.

      Religion is complicated and this was a preventable tragedy.