Beware of the “wolf” in Sally Anne Clothing.
Orillia
City Council granted the wish of a local chapter of the Salvation Army to put a
mobile unit into a park in Orillia’s West End.
Why?
If you listen
to the Sally Anne they would tell you they were there to offer cookies, milk and
fruit along with support to those in need.
In the middle
of middle/lower- upper class Orillia in West Ridge?
Don’t make
me laugh.
The
Army acknowledges they aren’t curbing world hunger with a bit of milk and a
cookie but it
sure sounds a heck of a lot like the 2 loaves and fishes that- as the story
goes, was turned into something that resembles the dairy and bakery department today
up at Wal*Mart.
Now,
this week a local “youth pastor” will join the assault on West End Orillians.
Huh…
Funny.
In the
articles I have read, this outreach has not been termed a ministry with a need
to gather the souls of the poor and downtrodden for redemption.
However,
that is exactly what it happens to be.
The
Good Old Sally Anne isn’t dolling our food and drink out of the goodness of their
hearts. They want your heart- and soul, in return.
It
sounds nice doesn’t it? A fair
trade at the very least.
This is
organized religion after all, not a “good neighbour” group offering help to
their community. At least if a “good neighbour” is offering milk and cookies that’s
all you’d expect.
Milk
and Cookies.
Maybe a
smile as well.
No
surprise pleas to “come and worship.”
A local
“good neighbour” group is not something that requires a donation or a pledge of
allegiance to a superior being.
Like
those folks who shove copies of the Newest Testament into the hands of public
school kids, Sally’s Army is really trolling for soles. Hmmm.
Doesn’t that sound a lot like your friendly, neighbourhood hot water heater
salesman? They’re out for profit too. Although, if they tried to sell their “ideas” in a park,
they would be told to move along. Now this Army under the command of a “higher power”- although they don’t mention
that fact in public, are pitching their tent in Morningstar Park at least once
a week. The General of the local detachment is telling us there should be even
more sinners showing up this week.
Oh goodie!!
Now I
say “sinners”. The main man calls them “people”.
They
are connecting with these people, this community. The
more people they can rope into their deceit the more money in the collection
box on Sunday.
What?
You are
shocked?
C’mon.
You don’t honestly believe the Army is doing this out of the goodness of their
hearts? No, my
Dear Readers. The bottom line is money.
It’s a “loss
leader.”
Always
has been and always will be.
Grab a
sinner and thus grows the collection plate.
The
Salvation Army has pulled some holy wool over the face of council.
I have
no time for the Army because of who they are and what they believe. If they
were just a community Army helping the less fortunate I’d be there to dish out
cranberries onto poor folk’s plates every Christmas.
But
they are not!
They
deal in getting souls for their maker.
I also
harbour a “distaste” for the Army because of their dealings with Gays and
Lesbians. They are hard-hearted. Several years ago in Toronto at Nathan
Phillips Square, one of the biggest “Sally Cheeses” rolled out un-Holy punches
against Gays.
I haven’t
dropped them a dime since.
I smile
sweetly at the bell ringers at Christmas- yet I don’t deposit a dime. They rarely
ask or solicit. Probably some law now that says they can’t ask for money.
I
dunno.
Only
once has someone ringing those bells asked me to deposit coin.
I said-
No. I don’t agree with the stand the Army takes against the Gay Community.
I don’t
remember getting a response.
All I
heard was the sound of bells filling the crisp, winter air.
So, be
sure about one thing.
It’s
both the power and the glory and money too behind all these hidden ministries. They
just don’t mention their Prophet’s name in public because it puts folks off. They
would rather hover around and wait for a golden opportunity to use powerful words.
They even slide their message in- if they get the chance, when your kid is
munching on a cookie. Kids
have to be carefully taught and sooner rather than later before they develop a
mind of their own!
Ask
friends who belong to organized religion just how much they pay for memberships
every year. You know-
“You can’t
get to Heaven without a Membership. Step right up and get yours today.”
I can’t
agree with City Council allowing this to happen in Morningstar Park. What if
a group of concerned citizens with milk and cookies to spare wanted to pull a
van up to the park’s perimeter and serve up Milk and Mr. Christie’s- with no hidden
agenda- could they?
Since
the Sally Anne has been granted grazing rights, they should open up the park to
every other Tom, Dick and Harriet who has an organization where they are “fishers
of men, women, kids- or money!”
Aaaawhoooooo!
Another
wolf!
