LINK A Kentucky City Plans to Use $1.2 Million in FEMA Relief Aid to Build a Church | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos
The city of Versailles, Kentucky, just west of Lexington, wants to use about $1.2 million in relief money that came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to build a new tornado shelter to help residents in case of a future disaster.
That all sounds reasonable. That’s the sort of thing you want the government to do.
Here’s the problem: The land they want to build the shelter on happens to be owned by First Baptist Church. And now the city and church have struck up a deal to basically build an extension of the church that would primarily be used for worship… unless there’s an emergency, in which case it would be used as a shelter.
10
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
5 comments
Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.
Imo, one can ALWAYS trust on the fact that the ' Tithe Collectors ' ( aka Churches/Priest and the like) WILL ALWAYS find a way to WEASEL their way into ANYTHING and EVERYTHING where FREE money is concerned and that, imo, INCLUDES the Safety of EVERYONE in times of pending/looming Disasters as well.
In other words, imo, "Yes, you can build it and have BUT it MUST be a part of the Church and WE shall control it."
Triphid
Level 9
Feb 19, 2021
1
The power of religion.......is the excuse to be a moron.
CuddyCruiser
Level 8
Feb 19, 2021
1
Yes, and also a Justification/Reason for being self-serving, Money-Grabbing Arse-holes as well imo.
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
Share this post
Categories
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.