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Redding charity turns down pot dispensary's food donation

Should Christian Organizations Except Donations From Marijuana Dispensaries ?


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Chris Solberg, director of Loaves and Fishes, confirmed Thursday that he spoke with Munday, but said that he alone made the decision to politely turn down the offer after praying.

"The Lord impressed on me to tell him thanks, but no thanks," he said, adding that he does not regret that decision. "I feel good about the decision. It felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders."

Still, he noted, food and monetary donations are very much needed because of the poor economy.

Solberg said he was at first unaware of the nature of Munday's businesses. He said he finally realized, once he got off the phone with him, that they were medical marijuana shops.

He said he does not support them and their proliferation.

"They are all over," Solberg said, calling them a "pestilence" and "travesty" in the community.

Solberg said he believed the food offer was made because the marijuana collective was "trying to validate themselves."

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Redding charity turns down pot dispensary's food donation Redding Record Searchlight
 
That's pretty silly. Why not accept the donation if it is needed? I guess beggars can be choosers.
 
If I was on the board of this organization who turned down this donation after praying I would vote to have the man removed from his position.

The medical Marijuana clubs have been legitimized by the state law in which this bible thumper resides in.
 
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If I was on the board of this organization who turned down this donation after praying I would vote to have the man removed from his position.

The medical Marijuana clubs have been legitimized by the state law in which this bible thumper resides in.

Oh yes, im sure a town of less than 90,000 needs more than 40 pot dealer shops
 
Oh yes, im sure a town of less than 90,000 needs more than 40 pot dealer shops

Do they have a ordinance restricting the amont of caregivers that can provide for the patiets who can't provide for themselves? Has god told them what that limit is yet?
 
That's pretty silly. Why not accept the donation if it is needed? I guess beggars can be choosers.

Someone make note of this day and time as I agree with a Liberal. As a Christian and sinner as we all are I believe in many things we should always keep in mind. One is that all prayers are answered and some times that answer is no. Another is that God works in mysterious ways. We are taught that we are to hate the sin but not the sinner. When those who reach out to the community and pray for help and that help comes form one they believe is a sinner they should keep in mind so many thins that tells me they made a mistake of "Biblical" proportions. The gift of these donations might have been the first step toward salvation for those who were doing the giving. It might have been at act of penitence and open the door to the salvation of a sinner.

Then there is logic as "Hatuey" said beggars can't be choosers, and I would add to that never look a gift horse in the mouth, and let he among you who has not sinned cast the first stone, and judge you not lest you be judged.

When it comes to the Loaves and Fishes I wonder what they think Jesus would have said had the most evil man known to the multitudes had shown up with enough food for everyone. I believe Jesus would have first look at the gift as a blessing and the mans act as on of contrition giving Jesus an opportunity to bring this sinner into the House of God.
I have to question the sincerity and motives and anyone who refuses a helping hand. But it is not my place to judge them only to pray that they think more about the intent and not the perceived sins of the giver.
Amen
 
So providing Medical Marijuana to people who do not have safe access to it themselves is a sin...and this donation could be the first step towards their salvation?
 
Charities have the right of association as well, and accepting a charitable donation from someone means accepting an association with them. In addition to his immediate need to provide food for the hungry, he also has the long term need of maintaining the public image of his charity which has a direct bearing on future donations.

His wording indicates that he views the dispensation of cannabis, even for medical purposes, as sinful and that the issue gave him considerable emotional turmoil. I'm hard pressed to explain how, from a genuine Biblical perspective, he managed to reach this conclusion... but I've long since accepted the fact that men who mix their religion with their politics lose the ability to distinguish between them.
 
For relief of Cancer patients, A.I.D.S. waisting diseases etc. of course I would say yes. But it it a lawless law that allows anybody with a forged script, or sore toe, or hangnail to get a script. Children here are talking about becoming pot farmers when they get out of high school. YouTube videos showing kids getting babys, cats, dogs stoned. Yesterday a Red Bluff California 19 year old girl was arrested for pictures of herself giving her 2 year old daughter pot.

Its just the beginning...

Red Bluff mom suspected of providing marijuana to 2-year-old Redding Record Searchlight


"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.

For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?

And what communion has light with darkness?

And what accord has Christ with Belial?

Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?

For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said:



“ I will dwell in them
And walk among them.
I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.”


Therefore

“ Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
“ I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the LORD Almighty.”


2 Corinthians 6
 
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I guess if you smoke it enough things like this wont bother you... Or does it ?

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Oh yes, im sure a town of less than 90,000 needs more than 40 pot dealer shops

I wonder how much of that food goes to stoners who sit on the sofa all day with a bong medicating themselves and then have narly cases of da munchies... duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.

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I can't help but play the devil's advocate here, but what if the American Nazi Party had offered this donation and it was turned down, how would you all feel then?
 
I can't help but play the devil's advocate here, but what if the American Nazi Party had offered this donation and it was turned down, how would you all feel then?

Did you just make a Godwin's law bridge between weed smokers and the Nazi party? Are you ****ing kidding me? Why would the American Nazi Party help a charity that gives to blacks, hispanics and anyone of any color? It would defeat the point of being 'a Nazi'. Wouldn't it?
 
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Did you just make a Godwin's law bridge between weed smokers and the Nazi party? Are you ****ing kidding me? Why would the American Nazi Party help a charity that gives to blacks, hispanics and anyone of any color? It would defeat the point of being 'a Nazi'. Wouldn't it?

Didn't think anyone would have the balls to actually address the question.
 
Didn't think anyone would have the balls to actually address the question.

No. Because it's a ridiculous analogy. Here read up on why your post is a fail :

Godwin's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990 which has become an Internet adage. It states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."[2][3] The term Godwin's law can also refer to the tradition that whoever makes such a comparison is said to "lose" the debate.

Godwin's Law is often cited in online discussions as a deterrent against the use of arguments in the widespread reductio ad Hitlerum form. The rule does not make any statement about whether any particular reference or comparison to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that the likelihood of such a reference or comparison arising increases as the discussion progresses. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued,[4] that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact.

Thanks for understanding the ridiculousness of your analogy as a 'Devil's advocate'. But since you're so keen on talking about balls because of your clear lack of brain mass of any kind, lets answer your 'question' shall we? People have stated that it's silly for a charity to refuse donations on the basis of religion considering the ONLY people who lose something are those they work for. Are you happy now? This applies regardless of whether it's the American Nazi Party making the donation or NAMBLA. Beggars can't be choosers.
 
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I can't help but play the devil's advocate here, but what if the American Nazi Party had offered this donation and it was turned down, how would you all feel then?

Indeed, an interesting question...

"When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.”

But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.”

And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.” For there were about five thousand men.

Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.” And they did so, and made them all sit down.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them."


Who do we depend on to fill the food basket at Redding Loaves and Fishes ?

Nazi Party ?

Indian Casino ?

Drug Dealers ?

The answer to your question is No.

Who do we show the Love of Christ to at Redding Loaves and Fishes ?

Anybody who is hungry...
 
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Indeed, an interesting question...

"When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.”

But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.”

And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.” For there were about five thousand men.

Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.” And they did so, and made them all sit down.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them."


Who do we depend on to fill the food basket at Redding Loaves and Fishes ?

Nazi Party ?

Indian Casino ?

Drug Dealers ?

The answer to your question is No.

Who do we show the Love of Christ to at Redding Loaves and Fishes ?

Anybody who is hungry...

You're and Hatuey are opposite sides of the same coin.
 
No. Because it's a ridiculous analogy. Here read up on why your post is a fail :

Godwin's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Thanks for understanding the ridiculousness of your analogy as a 'Devil's advocate'. But since you're so keen on talking about balls because of your clear lack of brain mass of any kind, lets answer your 'question' shall we? People have stated that it's silly for a charity to refuse donations on the basis of religion considering the ONLY people who lose something are those they work for. Are you happy now? This applies regardless of whether it's the American Nazi Party making the donation or NAMBLA. Beggars can't be choosers.

I never expected you to understand. "blood"!
 
"You're and Hatuey are opposite sides of the same coin."

Oh how so ?

Maybe the Pot shops should open food banks ?

Or the Nazi Party ?
 
"You're and Hatuey are opposite sides of the same coin."

Oh how so ?

Maybe the Pot shops should open food banks ?

Or the Nazi Party ?

LOL...because you think it's cool that potheads make food donations and Hatuey believes that there are no white folks that need a hand out.

Sucks, don't it?
 
LOL...because you think it's cool that potheads make food donations and Hatuey believes that there are no white folks that need a hand out.

Sucks, don't it?

Im the director of Redding Loaves and Fishes, I turned them down my friend...:2wave:
 
Im the director of Redding Loaves and Fishes, I turned them down my friend...:2wave:

Good for you! Great job! I'm so proud you kept politics out of your charity.

I mean, hell, everyone's donation goes the same.
 
If the local Budweiser distrubutor came in and offer to donate either money or food your food bank would you take it?
 
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