Samaritan's Purse has built a field hospital in New York City's Central Park and started seeing patients immediately. This report is from their web pages,
I can't remember anybody questioning the values of the good Samaritan... until now.
"One of our patients, a local police officer, was in desperate need when he arrived at the field hospital. 'My oxygen levels dropped one night and that’s when I called an ambulance. I ended up here the next day,' he said.But some New York politicians don't appear to be grateful. From NBCNY,
The police officer said his sister is at home caring for his three children, as his wife and his parents have also tested positive for the coronavirus. Being separated from his family is devastating. 'We’re a very tight-knit family. Not to be able to hug my kids is hard.'
But Kristen and our medical staff are doing all they can to demonstrate God’s love to those who are hurting.
“I want to say thank you for absolutely everything,” the officer said. 'From the prayers to the attention that they’ve given me since I’ve been here. It’s amazing.'”
"The new Central Park treatment center is designed to treat patients from Mount Sinai Hospital, but the group responsible for putting it all together is an evangelical Christian organization with strict anti-LGBTQ policies" "...Those details have been a cause for concern for a number of lawmakers, including City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who called it "very disturbing" that the group could potentially turn patients away over their sexual orientation.""Our values remain." I guess that includes the low value "they" place on faithfulness to Jesus' teachings.
"We need reassurances from the city and from Mt. Sinai that Samaritan’s Purse and its volunteers will be monitored, and that the LGBTQ community will not be discriminated against in any way," Johnson said in a tweet. "This is a crisis, but our values remain."
I can't remember anybody questioning the values of the good Samaritan... until now.
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The implication is that Samaritan's Purse might refuse to treat a same-sex oriented person, or inquire into the personal lives of patients before treating them. There is no foundation for that suspicion. Christians are not called to heal only those with whom they agree.
ReplyDeleteIt's like they never heard the original story. Or if they did, they heard a revisionist priest explain it.
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ReplyDeleteYes, I am back. Thank you for fighting the good fight with such devotion and assiduity. You are to be commended.
Once again, I suppose, this all adds up to another indictment from those who do not identify as Christian and yet are quick to damn actual Christians, as, well, "not very Christian." Who knew non-believers were so informed by the nuances of our great Faith?
Good to hear from you again Bill. I will be sure to check out Contratimes and your wonderful posts.
DeleteHere's a horrifying addition to this story. The (ECUSA) Cathedral of St. John the Divine was set to have 200 hospital beds inside, in conjunction with Mount Sinai Hospital. They were horrified to learn that Samaritan's Purse medical people would be ministering to the sick inside their cathedral. See here, with the headline "Death Before Touching Evangelicals."
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Yes, ECUSA has to protect its values too.
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