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There are services in NYC where you can volunteer to simply talk to lonely elderly (or play card games or some other activity) in your neighborhood. I can't pro
by onemoresoop 8y ago
There are services in NYC where you can volunteer to simply talk to lonely elderly (or play card games or some other activity) in your neighborhood. I can't provide a link right unfortunately. You have to sign up, they'll verify you and then they'll connect to some lonely elderly in your area. Loneliness and isolation is understated.
- phamjamstudio 8y agoMy wife and I did this as our first date when we first started dating; we're both Christian if you're wondering why someone would do this on a first date. Unexpectedly, the lady we were to visit literally lived her last hour before she passed away before our eyes. We listened and comforted her husband for the next hour or so. We also listened to the CNA make the difficult calls to her children, some of which were out of state. It was a somber and humbling experience. Our seniors need love just as much as we do.
- alexhutcheson 8y agoWow that's a pretty intense experience for a first date.
- mars4rp 8y agoand probably the reason they are married.
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- inferiorhuman 8y agowe're both Christian if you're wondering why someone would do this on a first date What does both of you identifying as christian have to do with anything? Are non-christians less likely to do empathetic things?
- wwweston 8y agoIt's certainly worth knowing that Christianity, like most religious beliefs or philosophies, does not have a monopoly on empathy, kindness, or service, nor is its profession a guarantee that someone makes those things a studied part of their practice. But the commentor's claims seem limited to Christianity as a motivator for their behavior, which is hardly objectionable and a very different thing from your challenge-reading of their words.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoBut the commentor's claims seem limited to Christianity as a motivator for their behavior, which is hardly objectionable and a very different thing from your challenge-reading of their words. Yeah, no. There's a pernicious narrative the United States that christianity has a monopoly on positive, moral behavior. Yet it doesn't take long to find examples of christianity creating atrocious behavior (e.g. Trump, Michael McWhorter, Joel Osteen, Billy Graham). Looking through the poster's comment history it's clear he doesn't miss a chance to extol the virtues of christianity, much to the detriment of whatever else he's trying to communicate.
- wwweston 8y ago> Yeah, no. No, yeah. > There's a pernicious narrative the United States that christianity has a monopoly on positive, moral behavior /.../ it doesn't take long to find examples of christianity creating atrocious behavior Sure. These are not the commenter's claims, though, so it's odd that they're what you're litigating. "We did a charitable thing as an expression of / motivated by our faith" is orthogonal to whether some portion of US Christians are either parochial in their moral philosophy or even not particularly good people. Claiming otherwise doesn't make it look like the they're the one with a hobby horse or over-evangelical approach.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoThese are not the commenter's claims, though, so it's odd that they're what you're litigating. It's sure implied by that wording. I think the term that's en vogue these days is microaggression. The exact words "because only christians would do something empathetic on a first date" weren't used, but the implication is there.
- ceceshao1 8y agoThis sounds perfect - if you can dig up the link, that would be great!