Eh? Salvos are banned from rattling their tins?
Members have been issued with guidelines stating that they must keep their tins still even when music is playing. One volunteer with the Christian charity said she had been told that rattling could also offend other religions.
Again and again I say - you might not be Christian, you might have a jaundiced view of the Salvos and what they preach but if you sit back and let this go with ne'er a murmur, then one day the PC maniacs are going to turn on you.
This sort of thing requires letters to be written and petitions to be signed, not particularly for the Salvos but for any of us caught in this mindless, do-gooder, wet blanket PC madness. Rattling tins offends other religions? Give me a break.
The other day there were Romanians around our area, playing the accordion. Fine, what was the problem? Or is the problem only that it is a Christian group who are causing the "offence"?
For Boomers and younger, it might be as well to know that before the proliferation of help organizations, hotlines and so on, a very good thing, by the way, it was mainly the Salvos who were on the front line of domestic violence victims, addicts, derelicts and the like.
Kokoda trail, 1942 - salvos on handThey were at the forefront of helping women and families and had a revolutionary notion of women before the feminists co-opted it ... the Foundation Deed of the Christian Mission, stated that women had the same rights to preach as men.
In America, the Salvation Army's first major forays into Disaster Relief resulted from the tragedies of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Their soup kitchens, thrift shops, family tracing and shelters are just some of the things they do.
Yes, they have a Christian slant and I have a problem with their ideas on alcohol. The music is not something I could listen to all day. However, if I found myself down and out in the coming depression, I'd not say no to a kindly face offering me some soup and sustenance and they could preach all they liked.
Their motto alwas makes me laugh: "Blood & Fire" hahahaha
ReplyDeleteMy Dad served as stretcher bearer in the BEF in 1939 & 1940 & came out from St Malo after Dunkirk. (He insisted there were no heroics on his part.) He amazed me when he told me that he always used to get a cup of tea from the Sally Army who served our troops near the front line.
ReplyDeleteThey can always rattle their tin at me.
I once worked with someone who was in the Salvation Army!
ReplyDeleteThe Salvation Army is my church, though I haven't felt able to attend for a while (long story).
ReplyDeleteThe alcohol business stems from what William Booth found in the East End of London. It isn't a complete taboo, though uniformed "soldiers" are required to sign the Articles of Faith that include a ban on "enslaving substances".
It is an extremely good outfit, as others here have already commented, and one of very few to always be there for people, whether in formal conflict, disaster, or domestic.
Anyone who wishes to mock that — and the underlying Christian foundation that drives it and is absolutely vital — needs to seriously consider what the world would be like without them — now operating in over a hundred countries worldwide.
But James you don't seem to realise. They stand in the way of that perfect world order they want to create.
ReplyDeletePisces - still, they do a good job.
ReplyDeleteJohn - welcome, couldn't agree more.
Cherie - and what did you think?
John M - welcome, the front line is the key issue here.
Rob - who want to create?
What is the source for this story? I would like to investigate further...
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ReplyDeleteand what did you think?
ReplyDeleteShe was very nice and kind and always showed an interest in other people. She stood out really because like me she wasn't interested in all the office gossip.
I had no idea she was in the Salvation Army until near Christmas one year we got chatting about what we would be doing at Christmas. It was then when she told me that on Christmas morning she would be out giving food to the homeless. I thought it was a wonderful thing to be doing.
She eventually left to do something more full time with the Salvation Army.
Not a sheep - glad about that.
ReplyDeleteCherie - volunteer work can lead to other things. It takes a special person though.