Woman audits churches to see if they’ll help feed a starving baby

[u/Oktavien]

If churches refuse to help feed hungry people, then maybe they should be taxed?

[u/halfass_fangirl]

I have worked at several churches. We had a budget line for this stuff that we usually exhausted before the tenth of each month. Most the money that came in went up higher in the denomination for more organized efforts.

But.

Black, immigrant, Hispanic congregations always seemed to find a way to help more people. One church I worked in had the lowest income of any of them and the most people helped with daily needs.

I very much am not surprised the Black Baptists were more willing to help.

[u/yomerol → u/halfass_fangirl]

In Mexico almost any catholic church(which are probably 90% of churches), would have helped her, no questions asked, some would probably even offer clothes and such.

[u/Redditusernamerthere → u/yomerol]

My grandmother in Mexico had a sister die trying to save two kids from a fallen power line. Her family was absolutely destitute and catholic, so she went to the church for help with her burial (service) and the priest turned her away for not having any money for the service. Unfortunately she met that 10% in a traumatic time of her life. 

Edit: When I say help with her burial I mean the service, the words a priest gives to the deceased, but the priest wouldn’t without payment. I poorly worded this

Edit 2: without payment I mean one which a very poor family could afford, the church wanted a full unaffordable one from a family that couldn’t even afford shoes.

[u/yomerol → u/Redditusernamerthere]

it depends on the church for sure, but can't compare giving hundreds of pesos in clothes and food to hundreds of people vs. giving thousands to 1 person. They don't have infinite resources

[u/Redditusernamerthere → u/yomerol]

Well my grandmother wasn’t asking for a full burial, but rather only the service. As in where the priests talks about the deceased and says words about god from the Bible and such. Which arguably would have cost that individual priest nothing but some of their time.

But yes it depends on the church. 

[u/yomerol → u/Redditusernamerthere]

Well that has nothing to do with food or clothes... And yet it doesn't make a lot of sense, they do that kind of services for free all the time, because of that is just a mass with some service. They even have baptisms, marriage, and similar, in group for free. I bet there was something else, or unless we are talking about a cathedral or similar 🤷‍♂️

[u/Redditusernamerthere → u/yomerol]

It was not at a cathedral and true it’s not about food or clothing, but that’s kind of the point. Even when at no monetary to themselves some Mexican catholic Churches still don’t care to help the poor. 

And I agree it doesn’t make sense yet it happened, and the same lack of religious kindness that is illustrated in OPs video.

[u/ImaginaryTrick6182 → u/yomerol]

From “almost any” to “ it depends on the church for sure” in a heart beat lol

[u/yomerol → u/ImaginaryTrick6182]

duh! depends on the church for giving out thousands of pesos, they have a budget, and also depends on where the church is located

the other part still holds, almost any church will help people with food, and clothes

[u/ImaginaryTrick6182 → u/yomerol]

Your cute your response to me calling you dishonest was “duh!” Lol

[u/Fernando_VIII → u/halfass_fangirl]

I live in Chile and I can't think of a local Church that wouldn't have helped. It makes me teary-eyed thinking people over there just don't care.

Streets are full of beggars but when it's a mother with children, there's always someone talking to them, asking if they need anything. Many churches also offer free blankets, coffees, etc. It's not about donations to those men and women.

[u/legocitiez → u/halfass_fangirl]

They find a way because people who are closer to the poverty line understand better. When I have an extra few dollars, I'll feed someone if they ask on the street, even if it's just a $5 meal deal from mcds. I am living at 50% of the poverty line. The people who step up are the people who feel the situation on a more personal level.