Comments on: Help a Texas Atheist

By: MikeClawson

MikeClawson — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:30:55 +0000

I only just saw this post, so it might be too late, but I’m in Austin now. Is there anything this person still needs that we could help with?

By: Pseudonym

Pseudonym — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:28:20 +0000

I can’t believe that every single church in this person’s area can’t help him and his family without preaching. There must be a UU church, or a Methodist church, or something like that. Not everyone is a fundie.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:03:13 +0000

I work for a large non-profit in the Midwest and have experience with case management during disasters. Believe me, that in my opinion your best bet is to keep in contact with the American Red Cross. As well as your states 2-1-1(note, not all states have a 2-1-1).

https://www.211texas.org/211/

In an disaster scenario, we’re all people just trying to put the pieces back together. Religion, race, creed, etc just fall to the wayside(the way it should be!)

Except for the Church of Scientology, who prey on disaster victims for new converts.

Hope that’s some help!

By: Zachary Moore

Zachary Moore — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:45:55 +0000

There are a number of secular organizations and churches (Unitarian churches and the North Texas/Houston Churches of Freethought) in Texas, just look on the Texas Secular Network website (http://www.txsecular.net).

But the Red Cross is a wonderful secular charity- why not seek help from them?

By: BZ

BZ — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:33:35 +0000

Considering the situation, maybe you could just deal with any proselytizing instead of waiting for help. I’m pretty sure most religious based charities wouldn’t deny someone aid for simply firmly saying they weren’t interested in the religion.

By: mkb

mkb — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:22:15 +0000

There is an Ethical Society in Austin, http://www.esoa.org/, maybe they can help. Also, the Austin Area Interreligious Ministries, which started out as a bunch of Christian churches, looks from its web site as if it is much more broad based by now so they might be able to send our friend to helpful people who don’t proselytize.
http://www.aaimaustin.org/about.html