“OBJECTORS shouted “shame on you” as councillors gave the go-ahead to build a homeless hostel on a car park used by worshippers.”
I saw this on the local newspaper website today and it made my heart sink. Somewhat surprisingly it’s not a Christian church protesting. No, It’s a Shree Krishna Temple, a GNP Gurudwara Temple and a Polish Christian Church, as a temporary car park that they’ve been using for five years is to have a hostel for homeless people built on it by the Salvation Army.
There is a large car park 350 metres away from the one under discussion which is available for all these worshippers to use.
The depressing thing about this story is that faiths which advocate caring for one another are outraged enough at the movement of ‘their’ parking facility to join in unity against helping people who are worse off than them.
How different from another story five years ago.
Today I’m checking my motivation – am I doing things that are best for me at the expense of others?
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