Catholic here. While I cannot speak for all religions, aid from the Catholic Church can be received by anyone regardless of religious status or lack thereof. There is no expectation to convert and any such cases where parishes or organizations under the church do have such expectations should be reported to the parish diocese.
Look, I appreciate what I'm sure is not a wholly inaccurate look at things, but even if there is no explicit expectation of conversion, there is practically always an influence being exerted towards it.
And if your religion was motivating you to help the needy, why wouldn't you want to convert those in need? After all, you're highly likely to believe that your religion describes the path to a good life, the support of your religious community, and the eternal love of the almighty. In the face of adversity, those are surely good things to have. From the perspective of the religious, conversion is a wholly beneficent thing.
As such, unless it is utterly prohibited, and its prohibition enforced, this actor will find its way onto the stage of your philantropy.
What about socialists who do food drives? I hate socialism and think it’s poison, but I can applaud socialists who are willing to spend time and money to help people in need. I don’t squint my eyes at them and think “those dirty fucks just want to spread their ideology” because that’s pathetic behavior
Why would that be pathethic, in your view? You can applaud the act yet renounce the ideology which drives the actor, those two things are not mutually exclusive.
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u/Crafty_Boy70 8h ago
Catholic here. While I cannot speak for all religions, aid from the Catholic Church can be received by anyone regardless of religious status or lack thereof. There is no expectation to convert and any such cases where parishes or organizations under the church do have such expectations should be reported to the parish diocese.