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Someone mentioned this to me and it had me thinking. I've made up shoeboxes in the past and was thinking of doing one or 2 this year. However I heard some things about samaritans purse using the boxes to convert people to christianity
I just had a look and although there isn't a lot there's a few articles about samaritans purse using the boxes to promote christianity, in countries that are predominately non-christian religion. I've even heard that they go as far as saying the gifts are from god and that they should believe if they want better things to happen to them. I don't know how much of this is true so I'm not taking anything as truth at the moment, but I do know that they send a christian leaflet with every box
Here http://www.pursestrings.ca/ there's a lot of quotes from franklin graham who is the president of samaritans pure saying how the whole thing is about evangelism not the shoeboxes. Samaritans purse market themselves as "International Christian relief and evangelism organization" but I'm not sure I agree with targeting children through what they promote as a selfless act
So I'm a little confused. I want to give boxes but I don't agree with the organisation's tactics. Anyone got any thoughts on this? Is it a problem, or it it fair because its a Christian organisation?
I just had a look and although there isn't a lot there's a few articles about samaritans purse using the boxes to promote christianity, in countries that are predominately non-christian religion. I've even heard that they go as far as saying the gifts are from god and that they should believe if they want better things to happen to them. I don't know how much of this is true so I'm not taking anything as truth at the moment, but I do know that they send a christian leaflet with every box
Here http://www.pursestrings.ca/ there's a lot of quotes from franklin graham who is the president of samaritans pure saying how the whole thing is about evangelism not the shoeboxes. Samaritans purse market themselves as "International Christian relief and evangelism organization" but I'm not sure I agree with targeting children through what they promote as a selfless act
So I'm a little confused. I want to give boxes but I don't agree with the organisation's tactics. Anyone got any thoughts on this? Is it a problem, or it it fair because its a Christian organisation?
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I personally wouldnt do anything through that charity. Im sure there are others.
I'm sad that its so manipulative and that these christians can't give to others without bringing religion into it. I'm going to try and find out if there's a shoebox organisation without an evangelism agenda
Argh it makes me so mad to think of them targetting children who have nothing else. Its the lowest of the low
Having taken presents to give to the kids when I did some work in a school in India I'd day the present is by far the most important thing. The children these go to usually have never had a present before in their lives, or a toy to call their own, and anything I said to the kids that day passed them straight by because the toy was so exciting.