So, I read that New South Wales has apparently discovered another area of life where religious vultures can be deployed to prey/pray upon the weak and vulnerable, just that this time it’s not schoolkids but gamblers:
In an Australian first, problem gamblers could soon get help from chaplains based in New South Wales pubs and clubs.
The 12-month trial will see a uniformed Salvation Army chaplain stationed in club gaming rooms at the Mingara Club on the state’s central coast.
The so-called club chaplain will offer support to problem gamblers and be available to make home visits.
Available to make home visits, huh? Psychologically untrained religious homophobes giving advice to gambling addicts? You have got to be kidding me.
I don’t know, is something better than nothing? Can religious folks not offer anything good to the world?
It’s the wrong “something”. The Salvos, like their ilk are sadly deluded people who like to try doing good and in some cases, such as feeding homeless people, do some good. But, there’s a big difference between whipping up some food and assisting problem gamblers. Do gamblers need the whole christian guilt trip to deal with on top of their gambling guilt? The salvos will no doubt bring their god awful god into it and this would suggest it will be simple, compromised people offering nothing of value to people that have a real problem. Professional help is what’s required not jesus nonsense.