The Church's Questionable Contributors (response)

November 12th, 2038: 
 
Conspire Magazine (response)
Shoddy Research and Biased Analysis -
As a long-time CONSPIRE subscriber, and a Guardian Church member, I was dismayed and disillusioned by last month's Editorial piece: "The Guardian Church's Questionable Contributors." Clearly, Ms. Edwards has a chip on her shoulder when it comes to the Guardian Church, and sees fit only to investigate the parts of it that she dislikes. If she had looked into the Church's vision statement, or spoken to any Guardian Church members at all, she would have realized that nothing in the Church's actions is contradictory NOR hypocritical. 
For starters, the Guardian Church, as Edwards pointed out, is working towards a better future for ALL humanity. This means that we make absolutely no judgements about where a person comes from, or the other organizations to which they belong. It has been a long standing point of pride for the Church that we have no requirements for membership. If you are a living, breathing human being, you can be a member, attend Headway meetings, and yes - contribute to the Church's funds. If we began putting "restrictions" on who can take part in any of our activities, we would be compromising a fundamental part of our world view - which is amnesty and good will towards all. 
Beyond that, Edwards neglected to mention that the Guardian Church is the largest growing spiritual movement on the planet. We have growing and expanding membership in every corner of the globe, and it makes sense that our members would be from all walks of life. From this point of view, one could look at any number of our contributors and make correlations about the source of our income. So, we have a lot of members who are connected to questionable organizations? We also have a lot of members who are part of noble and humanitarian organizations too, like the Peace Corp, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and even AA. And guess what, they all have jobs and donate some of the money they make to the Guardian Church too! Why not include some research into their contributions??
Another point, which really shouldn't even need to be stated for its obviousness, is that regardless of where the Church gets its money, the focus should be on what we do with it. This, as Edwards began her article by mentioning, involves quite a lot of charity work and humanitarian aid. You want hypocrisy, CONSPIRE? Try looking at your own editorials first.
Sincerely and in Light,
Malcolm Thomas
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