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Mormon Bishop Posing As Homeless Man Rebuffed by Congregation
by ProgLegs
Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
Proverbs 28:27
A bishop in a Mormon church outside Salt Lake City has shined a light on the hypocrisy and selfishness of members of his church by dressing as a homeless man and gauging their reactions to him.
David Musselman had a makeup artist transform his face and donned an unkempt wig, fake beard, and glasses. He then entered the church last Sunday and approached churchgoers to see what they would do. He found many of them did not practice what he preached:
"Many actually went out of their way to purposefully ignore me, and they wouldn't even make eye contact. I'd approach them and say, 'Happy Thanksgiving.' Many of them I wouldn't ask for any food or any kind of money, and their inability to even acknowledge me being there was very surprising."
Most of Musselman's church members ignored him, although five of them actually asked him to leave.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/29/1259046/-Mormon-Bishop-Posing-As-Homeless-Man-Rebuffed-by-Congregation?detail=email#
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)If it doesn't lower their taxes, they couldn't care less.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)MineralMan
(146,308 posts)story. Details can be found on Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/homelesspastor.asp
It's notable that the video on the dailykos site is no longer available, with youtube having terminated the account of whoever posted it. I'd say this is probably a hoax, based on the Snopes link.
This story pops up with different ministers from different churches several times a year.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Here's an actual news story, complete with videoed interviews, covering the event.
http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_8383.shtml
MineralMan
(146,308 posts)I appreciate the link.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)We belong to an Episcopal church in a very conservative city....which has played a part in robbery and vandalism at the church, just in the past couple of years that we have been going there. Especially with the prevelance of these mass shootings, anyone new who comes through the door will be looked at with somewhat questioning eyes.
woofless
(2,670 posts)Is someone different from me strange? Is it just that I don't recognize someone that makes them strange? Someone who dresses differently? What criteria are we to use to judge other people? Oh, right. We are not to judge others. Never mind.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)Why not just let some accused serial killers stay in my house, right? After all, who am I to judge!!?? *rolls eyes*
Love it when DU gives me litmus tests for both my liberalism AND my religious beliefs.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)Do you really wonder why your fantasy is collapsing around the world?
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)People are assholes. That's just the way it is.
Bryant
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)oh yeah, Christianity is collapsing all over the place! *rolls eyes*
The end is nigh!! hahahahaha
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)in the last presidential election and if he has supported other candidates whose economic and social policies contributed to homelessness and to the increasing desperation of the poor in this country. If so, this was nothing but a grandstanding stunt.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)But who knows.
Bryant