Wow. Im not looking to get into any theological debates, but this sentence...Any time your theology causes you to leave hungry children with empty bellies or sick children without medicine, it has ceased to be orthodox theology. is pretty spot on. That said, one point not covered is the possibility that those pulling support are turning around and finding another organization that better fits their personal theology. Compassion was actually the first place I looked when I considered sponsoring a child, and theres even Children International that isnt faith based at all. (altho if someone pulls support from a faith based organization because they feel it has left God, choosing a purely secular one would be ironic at best) Anyway, so while I agree its pretty un-loving to dump the kid youve been sponsoring for ages over this...it is a free market and there are other competing services. Its possible the same number of children would be served, just different kids. Personally, my own interpretation of the Bible is that love should trump pretty much anything else. And its not my place to judge others. And while Im not going to start sponsoring a child right now because of this (my tithe money is going elsewhere right now) I would admit Id gain a certain amount of pleasure from reading their net number of sponsorships ends up a gain rather than a loss. ;)
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:41:42 +0000
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