First of all, how do you even begin to justify the claim that this thieving, cheating con man's statement to "take it up with god" is in any way "rightful?" You know what? It does not matter who was helping out, or whether they were praying about it, or even whether they were doing it out of a desire to "rack up holy points in heaven." $75,000 came from somewhere, you and I both know it didn't just appear because they prayed so well. These people got off their asses and took time out of their lives with the express purpose of lending assistance in a time of need. And whatever reward they were entitled to for their efforts was stolen by these people, who were perpetrating a FRAUD! There is NOTHING right about that!
Come on, "take it up with God?" It wasn't God that "begged for the home", and it wasn't God that raised the money, and for damn sure the Holy Spirit did not compel these people to help out, even if they think it did! Even if they did pray about it. They were asked for help, they gave it, and they were robbed. Just because they were christians doesn't mean they deserved to be cheated.
And as to your "issue", I don't think this qualifies as the type of "religious irony" that ought to make a reasonable person question their faith, like pedophile priests being protected and even enabled by the very church that purports to be your sanctuary. This is just some naive, sympathetic group of people that got taken advantage of. It happens to everyone. Sometimes when you try to help someone, you get burned, even when you're not a christian. "No good deed goes unpunished," right? i help people sometimes. It makes me feel good to be there for someone who needs me. I'm not a christian, and I sometimes get burned by someone I'm trying to help. I do it because I believe that being a good person will have positive repercussions in my life. If I get fucked over despite my efforts, should I toss my philosophy and find a new one? I should say to myself, "This 'be nice, nice is good' crap isn't working, let me try being a devious manipulative bitch for a while and maybe bad things will stop happening to me." Please! There's more to it than that for me, I can't justify presuming that everyone else's convictions should be that shallow.
I don't know, but I think that the focus should be about behavior, as human beings. I think that more often than not religion causes some level of psychological disfunction, which is never good. But sometimes people manage to actually be good people in spite of it. What possible justification can you have to be disdainful of a group of people who tried to do a good thing, to help someone in need, regardless of their motivations? Hey, with all the apathy floating around, I'll take compassion and kindness wherever I can find it.
How' bout that, huh? BRING IT! You've gone unchecked far too long, fathead.
