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I don't think it's that bizarre. I find it quite subversive when a church group does 'community events' when there are other organisations which those church me
by randompwd 6y ago
I don't think it's that bizarre. I find it quite subversive when a church group does 'community events' when there are other organisations which those church members could join to achieve the same result, without flying the banner of $ideology.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souperism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souperism for a more blatant historical take.
- ficklepickle 6y agoThat article says the practice was actually very rare, even though it features very prominently in literature from the period. Maybe not the best example.
- randompwd 6y agoSure, thus my sentence saying 'blatant', not 'common' or 'widespread'.