Magical Logic
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Posted: 11-30-06 17:36pm
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I know this girl and well she wants to be
able to have bunches of money for
christmas so she went to her church and
cried and lied and said her husband left
her and she dont know where he is and put
a sob story on and they paid her rent and
gave her food...Which they dont need they
get 700 in foodstamps and getting her kids
christmas presents. Now she thinks this
is funny now that she can use her husbands
pay checks for whatever she wants........I
dont agree with it for the simple fact
there are people who could really use
help..Should I keep my mouth shut and not
say anything to her church? I just did
not find it one bit funny when she was
telling me this
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 11-30-06 17:39pm
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Wow she sounds like a stupid b*tch. I
would definitley tell the church, that is
just a medical answer up thing to do.
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Kia
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Posted: 11-30-06 17:41pm
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Well, i'm not into the whole religious
side of things but it is said by the
church that "god" sees all and will do as
he sees fit with those that do not abide
by the 10 commandments of which one is
thou shalt not steal.
She has to live with her own guilt.
However, I would probably speak to the
pastor/minister in confidence and let
him/her decide how his/her church wants to
handle it.
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 11-30-06 17:41pm
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I would definately not keep my mouth shut
about something like that. That's just
wrong.
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 11-30-06 17:44pm
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Yeah..
Tattling ia bad usually... But in a case
like this, its necessary.
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Ingi
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Posted: 11-30-06 18:01pm
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What do you expect the church to do? I
mean, now that they have given her the
money out of the goodness of their hearts
and paid her rent, what do you think
they'll do? Send her a bill for their
kindness?
I wouldn't expect anything to come of
telling the church other than bitterness
and spitefulness. You may want to just
let the people at the church believe
they've done something good and leave it
at that.
Their hearts were in the right place.
They were just given bad information from
someone who will reap what she sows.
(i'm not religious, but I do believe we
should do unto others...)
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 11-30-06 18:03pm
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| ingi
wrote: | what do you expect the
church to do? I mean, now that they have
given her the money out of the goodness of
their hearts and paid her rent, what do
you think they'll do? Send her a bill
for their kindness?
I wouldn't expect anything to come of
telling the church other than bitterness
and spitefulness. You may want to just
let the people at the church believe
they've done something good and leave it
at that.
Their hearts were in the right place.
They were just given bad information from
someone who will reap what she sows.
(i'm not religious, but I do believe we
should do unto
others...) |
yes let them believe they did something
good so the next time she goes there with
another sob story they will do the same
thing.
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Ingi
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Posted: 11-30-06 18:05pm
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| samantham
wrote: | | ingi
wrote: | what do you expect the
church to do? I mean, now that they
have given her the money out of the
goodness of their hearts and paid her
rent, what do you think they'll do?
Send her a bill for their kindness?
I wouldn't expect anything to come of
telling the church other than bitterness
and spitefulness. You may want to just
let the people at the church believe
they've done something good and leave it
at that.
Their hearts were in the right place.
They were just given bad information from
someone who will reap what she sows.
(i'm not religious, but I do believe we
should do unto
others...) |
yes let them believe they did something
good so the next time she goes there with
another sob story they will do the same
thing. |
right. Because telling the church will
make everyone feel soooo much better.
Thanks. And have a nice .Christmas!
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SamanthaM
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Posted: 11-30-06 18:09pm
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I wasn't being rude to you so don't be
rude to me. I was simply stating that if
they don't find out they will do the same
thing again. I'm sure the girl won't feel
guilty about since she apparently thinks
it's funny.
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Ingi
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Posted: 11-30-06 18:16pm
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| samantham
wrote: | | i wasn't being rude to you
so don't be rude to me. I was simply
stating that if they don't find out they
will do the same thing again. I'm sure
the girl won't feel guilty about since she
apparently thinks it's
funny. |
i didn't mean to be rude. But think about
the only person recieving any
'satisfaction' out of telling anyone in
this situation? The people within the
church give because it makes them feel
good, like they are doing something
worthwhile.
This person who lied to get her money will
get her karma in the end. You watch, her
car will break down and cost $1200 to fix
or something.
What would be chase's reason for telling
the church? So the church doesn't do it
again? Trust me, the church may not give
this girl money again, but they will be
giving money to someone in the exact same
situation, whether they lie or not. As it
is, the people in the church feel like
they have done something good - why tell
them they haven't? Why ruin this for
them? They won't take back the money. In
fact, they probably have a policy of only
giving money during certain times of
year.
So what if this liar goes back? Does it
affect you personally? Does that make you
want to give to the needy any less? Liars
and thieves are a dime a freaking dozen.
In any program (welfare, wic, panhandling)
they will find a way to work the system.
This is .Christmas. Let the giving spirit
stay.
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Posted: 11-30-06 18:40pm
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I understand what you mean about the
people at the church. They probably would
feel pretty crappy, I just hope they don't
do the same thing again.
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Ingi
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Posted: 11-30-06 18:43pm
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| samantham
wrote: | | i understand what you mean
about the people at the church. They
probably would feel pretty crappy, I just
hope they don't do the same thing
again. |
they will. It is in their nature. There
will be some other poor slob who comes
along and lies and gets money.
Those are the worst kinds of people ~
takers like that. Why would they do it?
Because they can. Never fear, everything
that comes around, goes around and they'll
get exactly what they deserve. It might
not be when we can witness it - but it
will happen.
So this girl will have this one 'nice'
.Christmas for her kids but she has to pay
for it with lies. Doesn't sound very good
to me.
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Posted: 11-30-06 18:45pm
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Me either. I would feel like such an
problem if I did something like that. I
don't understand how some people's minds
work.
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Magical Logic
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Posted: 11-30-06 19:00pm
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I dont think I am gonna say anything..
Her aunt who stopped by to see my kids
asked me if I knew about it I said yes
and she is pretty upset cause she goes to
that church and cant believe her niece
would lie about it and have the nerve to
show up at church..I told her I just hope
her kids do get a nice christmas and they
dont waste the money from his checks on
drugs...........Cause they are the
innocent ones in it
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Posted: 11-30-06 19:09pm
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She'll get it back in the end. I believe
in .God so my take on it is that she stole
from .God. It's in the bible that we
reap what we sow. Don't worry, she'll
reap it. I don't think it's in anyone's
best interest to tattle. As a matter of
fact I think it will negatively affect
more people than it helps. Especially
her poor aunt who has the misfortune of
being related to her...
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