Rev. Dustin ParkerSausages and Salvation
There is a certain amount of ire and distrust that inevitably gets thrown at any church that has money and reaches a certain size. Some of it is justified, some of it isn't. The Sydney Morning Herald has decided that because a rather large church has decided to put on barbecues in schools that may or may not be accompanied by music that this is a fiendishly cunning plan to make people join the church.
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I like most people, understand that the media is very good at twisting anything it likes to serve whatever ends it wants. But lets get this straight. I use to go to the main youth group that organised Exo Day when it began, and the main message we were pretty well told was "Lets tell people life doesn't suck." I know this is a controversial message and that delivering it with cooked meat might be considered a subtle form of bribery but hey, if the situation was different and say, Muslims were having a barbecue and telling high-school kids that being alive is a good and valuable thing then I would wish them luck and say well done for doing what you do.
JoshZ
story here
I like most people, understand that the media is very good at twisting anything it likes to serve whatever ends it wants. But lets get this straight. I use to go to the main youth group that organised Exo Day when it began, and the main message we were pretty well told was "Lets tell people life doesn't suck." I know this is a controversial message and that delivering it with cooked meat might be considered a subtle form of bribery but hey, if the situation was different and say, Muslims were having a barbecue and telling high-school kids that being alive is a good and valuable thing then I would wish them luck and say well done for doing what you do.
JoshZ
