Quote Originally Posted by waterdog101 View Post
I have seen lots of the things you speak of, and on the road to some of the places where I saw lots of the nice things you speak of, I saw places where people lived that looked like the structure was ready to collapse, fl has over 20 million residents, when they all head north to escape a hurricane disaster, the states between here and there fill up quick, opening up campgrounds isn't a handout, it is a helping hand. I saw on tv where a man opened his furniture store, to people needing a place to shelter from the storm, now when this is over the guy can't sell his furniture at a new price, what would cause him to do this, it is a thing call compassion, a feeling one gets in their heart when another person is suffering, the guy has a compassionate heart, he wasn't giving a handout to those folks, he was showing them love, brotherly love. something you can read about in the bible, i think it's in the book of first Corinthians, where it says of all the gifts, the greatest gift you can have is charity, { Love, Brotherly Love } where would we { all, every last one of us } end up, if Jesus Christ didn't have compassion for us, when he died on the cross for us, he didn't do it as a handout, he did it because he had compassion for us, we were suffering and in need, so he did it showing us his love
Kudos to that business owner for deciding to do that....his decision and that's the way it should be. Personally, tossing religion into it is unfair. I don't care what religion of choice either. For this guy in the end it's a business decision. He would not go out of business to help others but he will help others based on his personal beliefs but that has limits and only he knows them.