why do religious organizations only help people of their faith?

Question

like durring world war 2 when the jews where getting killed the cathlic church was given information about the killings that where taking place with the jews and did not speek out because they where not cathlics. but they did speek out when the nazi's where killing mentally disabled cathlics. or how christain organizations only help christain kids, like their is such a thing as a christain kid. very young kids do not know enough about faith and religion to know what they are or make a decision on it. i would think these organizations would just help those in need instead of just helping people of their faith.

Answer 1

Kinda fallacious inasmuch as there are probably just as many example of religious charities helping people of different faiths. First one that comes to mind is Mother Teresa of Calcutta and all the Hindus she helped. I'm sure there are many other examples.

Answer 2

Catholics have not been known to use good judgement in certain matters. They will be the first to admit that was very short sighted. But they do help homeless people in their shelters that are not of their faith.
For some small groups like babtist or LDS or adventists.
They cannot help the world, they don't have the funds. If what was contribulted to TV Evangelists was given to them then yes maybe they could but by helping their own it helps a large part of the population. Which is what happened in New Orleans. They also do contribulte to ones who are not of their faith in certain instances. When they had the tsuami in the Islands they were buddists and Islamic. IT was amazing to me that the ones who did help was not their religon but it was a group of christians from USA who flew in food and supplies.
Many of the countries in the free world donated money and supplies. When they did say they were christians the people who were dieing almost didn't take the much needed supplies because they were raised to hate Christians.
They came on TV and said "as long as you don't preach to us and you know we are not accepting your faith"
At that point I would have said "fine starve"
they didn't they worked without pay all volenteers and helped those people to dig out of a horrible catastrophe.
So actually that simply isn't true. Many Christian organizations do all they can with the limited funds they get to help their own first the ones who contribute to them only makes sense.

Answer 3

When somebody hears some horrendous thing about a religious organization, why do they always assume it must be true?

I can't imagine a real religious organization of any kind refusing to help somebody on the basis that they are of the wrong faith. That's ludicrous. But you heard it somewhere and assumed it was true.

You'd probably find that religion isn't nearly so awful as you think it is if you would do your own research and find out what is true and what isn't.

Answer 4

Where did the funds come from in the first place? If I contribute to this organization and support it completely and a tornado sweeps away my house. My neighbor hates that religon and sees it as a bunch of fools and has never contributed one dime to support it. Who should get help with the limited funds they have collected?
Shouldn't it be first to the people who actually donated the money? Or should people who talk badly about that religon and have never supported it get equal share?
I think the people who donate the money should be helped first after all it is there money.

Answer 5

You are throwing out the baby with the bathwater, here.

Operation Blessing helps people right in the middle of their culture and/or religious state.

Mission South America in Colombia has helped Catholics (MSA is not RC), agnostics and even guerillas bent on killing people in that church.

Shame on any church/denomination who helps only their own. Although, I will say I agree that charity begins at home. But, even though it is good to start with your own, there are many more out there.

This was exemplified in Acts when they selected 7 men to help distribute food in order to make sure both cultures of people got what they needed.

Answer 6

It was easier to be insular in the past--not that it still doesn't go on. Look at how hard most people found it when they wanted to marry someone outside their faith, though. My grandparents almost didn't get married for that reason--but Love and common sense won out.
The good organizations will help anyone who needs it. Some look for people of their own faith to help, of course. It's hard to shed centuries of distrust, hatred, & prejudice, so accept the improvements that have been made, and hope & pray for more to come.

Answer 7

That is your cue to step up and lead a mission to help others of all denominations! You will be so repected and loved for showing the world how to lead a campaign to help others in need of all faiths.

Usually, small churches help their own congregation members because that is all they know about from word of mouth. They help members who are ill, dying, suffering from loss or injury, etc.

If you start up a mission to help ALL, you will probabaly make such a great impression from your own passion to help EVERYONE, that other churches will follow your example.

God bless you in everything you do!

Answer 8

I work at a large medical complex. There is a Catholic hospital in the complex and a Methodist hospital close by. Additionally, in the same part of town, there is a Baptist hospital. None of them turns any patient away because they are not Catholic, Methodist or Baptist. So what makes you think religious organizations only assist their own? From what I've seen, they do as much good as any other non-profit and have been for centuries.

Answer 9

WW II was a touchy situation for the Catholic church. Italy was allied with Nazi Germany for one.

Many religious groups help people all over the world, yes some do try to convert them while they are helping them but they do help.

Answer 10

Pope Pius XII spoke out early and often against Nazi racial policies,and he took firm action. He directed his clergy and Catholic monasteries,convents,universities,schools,and other facilities to do whatever possible to save Jews. And thousands od faithful Catholics throughout Europe_ clergy,religious and lay alike _ risked their lives as they quietly but vigorously went about hiding hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Gestapo and the death camps.