Report: Cathedral ‘Dousing Homeless with Water’ to Make Them Leave
You know the world has turned on its head when a church starts drowning the homeless with water to deter them from sleeping in their doorways. That’s what Saint Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco is accused of having done (and still doing), according to station KCBS.
The church even has signs on their four main doors that are meant for the homeless which say, “no trespassing.” If a homeless person tries to sleep in one of the four alcoves of the church, they are ‘baptized’ with pouring water from about 30 feet above through a hole in the ceiling. This happens simultaneously in all four doorways, for approximately 75 seconds every 30 to 60 minutes.
KCBS apparently witnessed this atrocity, and saw homeless people and their belongings get soaked.
In a similar situation, though arguably not as bad, some churches have been targeted by the US government for feeding the homeless. It’s arguably worse because it isn’t the church in this case that is acting out against those who are less fortunate.
In past articles, Anthony Gucciardi has reported on church groups and other organizations that have been targeted and harassed by various government entities simply for feeding the homeless. And in the case of the Acts 2 Worship Center, which NaturalSociety’s Anthony has directly supported to feed even more homeless individuals in the face of opposition, the group was told that they could not even offer free meals to those in need on Thanksgiving day.
It doesn’t matter what religion you subscribe too, or if you practice no religion at all; this is an assault to humanity. You would expect a cathedral to at least treat the homeless with some respect. Why not invite them in for a meal, or direct them to the nearest shelter? This is simply unthinkable. If I were a member of Saint Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, I’d be asking my clergymen and women what their problem is, wouldn’t you?
Einstein once said that is has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity, but apparently, so has our theology.
We wouldn’t want to make this place a real place for people now would we ? These people have no money so drive them away! GOD never forgets the rich man and Lazarus !
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
I guess Jesus only likes people with money.
Meanwhile, the fat clergy at Saint Mary’s is pigging out on a feast that contains three times more food than an average person eats in a week. Totally disgusting.
The photo of the man and young girl sitting against a building…the man is barefoot and obviously gave his boots to the girl, as well as his coat. Who could pour water on people like that? They don’t have it bad enough?
I understand it’s about a third of homeless people who are homeless because they are mentally handicapped and don’t have anyone to take care of them. Others may be homeless because of poor choices they would not make if they had it to do over, others because of misfortunes they may have had little control over, and I’ve known of a few who are homeless by choice, in spite of income and family that invites them in.
I don’t like the fact though that property taxes and zoning laws make an environment where it’s impossible for some of them to have a legally acceptable place to live, and then the same governments make it practically illegal to be homeless! I see homeless people living harmlessly near the river near us in tents and make-shift shelters, and every time I see them, I hope they don’t get kicked out by the police. The ones who cause problems along the river are not the homeless ones.
However, homeless people do take shelter in certain rather hidden places at our church. They urinate and defecate on the concrete, and leave drug paraphernalia. Are we supposed to let them continue?
They look bad for business….