[Apologetics] Church feels betrayed by Katrina couple

[Art Kelly]

If they really decided they did not want to live in
Memphis, they should have returned the house to the
church.

I completely agree with Dianne that their deception
was absolutely despicable.

Art

--- Dianne Dawson <rcdianne at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have seen this couple on Fox & Friends.  The woman
> said that she didn't like the Memphis area and never
> did.  If this is so then why did she tell the church
> she wanted to move there?  The man's response was
> "Let them take it up with God."  With so many people
> in TRUE need, this is dispicable!  God will probably
> "take it up" with them.
>    
>   Dianne
> 
> Stephen Korsman <skorsman at theotokos.co.za> wrote:
>   Hi
> 
> Their photos, and a photo of their Toyota
> Highlander, can be found at
>
http://culture-christian.blogspot.com/2006_11_23_archive.html
> 
> Under comments there is a defence of their actions.
> 
> God bless,
> Stephen
> --
> Stephen Korsman
> skorsman at theotokos.co.za
> www.theotokos.co.za
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Art Kelly" 
> To: "Apologetics Group" ; "Father Phillips"
> ; "Father Pollard" ;
> "Father Peffley" ; "Michele Allen" 
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 5:13 AM
> Subject: [Apologetics] Church feels betrayed by
> Katrina couple
> 
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> House given to pair of evacuees was flipped for
> profit
> Church feels betrayed by Katrina couple
> 
> By WOODY BAIRD
> Associated Press
> 
> MEMPHIS, TENN. - A church that wanted to do
> something
> special for Hurricane Katrina victims gave a $75,000
> house, free and clear, to a couple who said they
> were
> left homeless by the storm. But the couple turned
> around and sold the place without ever moving in,
> and
> went back to New Orleans.
> 
> "Take it up with God," Joshua Thompson told a TV
> reporter after it was learned that he and the woman
> he
> identified as his wife had flipped the home for
> $88,000.
> 
> Church members said they feel their generosity was
> abused by scam artists. They are no longer even sure
> that the couple were left homeless by Katrina or
> that
> they were a couple at all.
> 
> The full article is at
>
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/4352722.html
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