Never really liked people taking mission trips and shit! Like go to your local shelter or orphanage! People do shit for photo opportunities and likes! Lameeeeeeš£
All the negative stuff people are saying about voluntourism and evangelical work in this thread is true. But Iād like to address the part of the comment about fixing your own home.
Are yāall familiar with the Bible phrase āFirst, remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brotherās eye?ā Itās much easier to see a problem that doesnāt directly impact you than one that does. People slowly get used to how things are locally, no matter how bad, until those things are ānormalā and not worth paying attention to. They become blind to it. Itās far easier to then see small things wrong elsewhere and want to fix them than to step back and see the problems in their own backyard.
Thatās a massive problem because people in the backyard of America need help just as much as anybody else. But the problem has to be so much bigger to even get noticed.
fount3 on January 16th, 2021 at 02:15 UTC »
Never really liked people taking mission trips and shit! Like go to your local shelter or orphanage! People do shit for photo opportunities and likes! Lameeeeeeš£
thelastestgunslinger on January 16th, 2021 at 02:43 UTC »
All the negative stuff people are saying about voluntourism and evangelical work in this thread is true. But Iād like to address the part of the comment about fixing your own home.
Are yāall familiar with the Bible phrase āFirst, remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brotherās eye?ā Itās much easier to see a problem that doesnāt directly impact you than one that does. People slowly get used to how things are locally, no matter how bad, until those things are ānormalā and not worth paying attention to. They become blind to it. Itās far easier to then see small things wrong elsewhere and want to fix them than to step back and see the problems in their own backyard.
Thatās a massive problem because people in the backyard of America need help just as much as anybody else. But the problem has to be so much bigger to even get noticed.
Edit: a word
Rental_Car on January 16th, 2021 at 04:09 UTC »
If you zoom out enough, Africa is our neighbors too.