Christians, what do you think of this?

Question

There was this guy speaking at a college Christian rally. He is a Christian. He said:
"The UN reports that 10 million people starve to death every day. The said thing is most of you barely give a sh&%. The even sadder thing is, most of you care more than I just said that dirty word than you do about the ten million people that died today."
I thought that was actually a pretty cool point. Do you object to the method of delivery? Or do you think it was necessary to shock to show them that a breach of manners/legalism is more shocking than human suffering?

Oh man! That guy with the alien picture pointed out that I made a typo.

I mean ten THOUSAND, not million. My bad. Good catch.

Answer 1

I've met "this guy" and heard him speak several times (I'm a trained advocate for Compassion International - I know I wear a lot of hats) - and that's actually one of "signature lines." His heart for God and for the suffering of others is, as they say, "as big as the world."
I think it's effective (at the least momentarily - but some actually get the point long term in my experience), honest and not the slightest bit profane. He's following in biblical footsteps. If you could read Scripture in its original languages from the perspective of the original readers, you'd find a lot of those type of "shocking" statements with the same goal in mind.
I also think that lots of folks will disagree with me.

Answer 2

I like the delivery too. The problem is people act like they care when others are looking but to be a real Christian, and this applies to many religions and just being a good person, it is the acts that are important. I still don't think the message is going to get through. You can not force some one into thinking a certain way, and if they never think to help those in need, then it is an internal issue that external pressures won't fix. If people donated one dollar for every single insult to religion or to atheists that is used as an answer here rather intelligent discussion and opinions, imagine the difference that would be made. Instead, people spend more time looking for things to insult on here than going out and making a difference in what ever they believe.

I donate a lot, I volunteer a lot, I am a lawyer and do pro bono work a lot. I act. I wish one person could change the world, but I don't know how to feed 10 million people a day. I do wish those who help didn't feel so alone in its sometimes.

So the shock is necessary, but even more necessary is for people to internally change.

Answer 3

The problem is that he may very well be part of a "charity" that wants you to give so those 10 million may have a chance to live, but then if you read the stats, a majority of charities end up with 8% to 10% going to starving. The rest go to megabuck adminstrator salaries. It is a serious waste of money.

Answer 4

Who is shocked by "sh*t"?

Please, tell that the answer is nobody.

Why is this word censored? It just means poop.
Why isn't pissed censored?

10 million starve to death everyday? That equals 3.65 BILLION a year. What, over have of the population of the world starves to death in a year? What about all the other causes of death? I don't think this figure was arrived at honestly. But I may be wrong. I would like to see its source.

Christians have credibility problems, and this sort of thing just hurts 'em more.

Answer 5

I'm not Christian, but I wanted to answer.
Thanks for sharing this. I don't think his point applies only to Christians, though as they have set themselves up as the moral vanguard in the US, it makes sense to put this issue at their feet first. I think he made a wonderful point in the only way it could really be made. Do you know the name of the speaker or where I could get the rest of the speech?

Answer 6

I certainly don't object to his methods. He got his point across without sugar coating the issue.

I attended a Christian college during my freshman year and every week there were guest speakers at Chapel and other services held on campus. Most of them, when speaking to a large group of believers, tended to speak only of goodness and light, praising God and NOT asking the hard questions like your speaker has chosen to do.

Bravo to him, for not mincing his words or sugar coating the world for his listeners.

Answer 7

Unfortunately that is the only language some understand.I know God would prefer us not to use 'language' but sometimes it gets the job done.I've gone off on people using 'language' before.Then I felt stupid later.
And,the point is legit.Alot of people (I've noticed)with lots of money do tend to 'ignore' such problems.Materialism is bad.People and their idols.Yea,money.It is a sad thing,I agree.Like Jesus said.Give up all your possessions and walk with me.Alot of people couldn't do it.Money means too much.

Answer 8

they are no longer Jews through fact Jew's have not got self assurance the messiah has come yet. they have not got self assurance Jesus so believing in Jesus and asserting your Jewish needless to say contradicts one yet another.... it quite is unhappy that there are those Evangelist Christians that decision themselves "Jews". supply up this custom now, your disgracing the two Judaism and Christianity.

Answer 9

I think he did well. He communicated his message in an impactful way that got people's attention and made a valid point. Of course, he did say it only once, and to make a point, rather than using the word as a regular part of his conversation.

Answer 10

It is a statement born of the flesh and worldly thinking. If you need to resort to cleverness to get your point out, then you are using worldly methods to accomplish a worldly goal. Does he pray the same way he speaks? Do you think his prayers are effective? Perhaps, because he is so ineffective, he relies on "tricks" to elicit a response? This is why Sparkle likes the comment so much. It is a way to point at Christians and condemn. This comment is from a wolf in sheep clothing.

Perhaps if he brought out the stats of World Vision, he could have a better platform on which to speak.