God Told Her That YOU Should Pay For Her Law Degree

[cbayer]

http://abovethelaw.com/2014/07/god-told-her-that-you-should-pay-for-her-law-degree/



21 Jul 2014 at 1:53 PM

By JOE PATRICE

When it comes to paying for law school, most of us fill out paperwork to secure shiny loans that haunt us for years to come. But there are a few students who think outside the box. Law school tuition Kickstarter campaigns crop up from time to time. There was also a website set up to sell future income streams in exchange for debt payments. Generally, these efforts to outsource student debt are the work of narcissists unwilling to take personal responsibility and pay for their life decisions.

And then we see something like this:

God asked me to go to Law School for the good of the Kingdom of God. Help me raise $28,500 by 5/1/15!

Well, that’s a horse of another color! It’s not that you want a law degree without having to suffer the consequences of your actions, it’s that God wants it. Nothing reflects the model of Jesus Christ more than getting what you want without suffering at all.

Let’s check out this plea for a free law school education — complete with its own movie trailer!

more at link

[merrily]

1. I am all for charity, but, as to online solicitations, I wish I had

some way of checking out whether someone is playing me for a fool or not.

I don't have enough money myself to be giving money to people who don't really, really need it. I have done that a few times online because the stories were so heart-rending, but it's possible that some people are just good at writing heart-rending stories. And I am not donating to make sure someone's writing skills pay off.

I've donated at other venues, but there was one post in particular at DU that I saw that broke my heart. So, I donated.

As a result of the donation, I received links to the site that was collecting the money to enable me to keep up with developments as to that poster. The person raised well over 5 figures relatively quickly. I don't remember how much, but I do remember well over 5 figures.

I was glad for that because his/her situation seemed desperate. But then, the thank you note at the fund-raising website said something like, "You always come through for me."

I don't regret my donations, even if everyone to whom I donated was a liar. And, it certainly is possible for someone to be desperate chronically. However, that "always" did give me enough pause that I think it may take more than a post at DU to send me running for my charge card.

Ultimately, we should be able to have some level of comfort that some other entity, our government or something, is taking care of people who are really needy to the point where we don't have to worry about a poster's babies starving. Then, we would have the luxury to decide if we want to fund someone's education or writing project.

Unfortunately, we cannot be confident about that yet. And that is a shame on our government, IMO.

I apologize because most of this post is not directly on topic, but I think the above could be important.

[cbayer]

3. I have also made the mistake of giving money to what turned out to be

a fraud. It's embarrassing.

Anyone can be taken if the shyster is good enough at what they do. Anyone.

I don't know if she is a fraud or not, but I certainly won't be giving her any money. At any rate, I though the article was pretty funny.

[merrily]

6. No, I won't be giving this one any money, either. My post, and I

again apologize for its being mostly OT, had to do with someone saying she was a single mom who had just hit one of her kids for saying they were hungry, or something along those lines.

Whether the particular person in your OP is sincere or not, going to law school is not an emergency. A student or wannabe student has options other than making an online plea. Even if I approved of Regent, that does not present me with the moral dilemma that some other stories have put before me.

[cbayer]

7. No need to apologize, I understand.

I have seen other pleas for funds to go to school, but this is the first I have seen for a law school. And I agree with your statement about Regent - if they are really into doing god's work, then they ought to take care of her.

[Sherman A1]

2. From my take on the article

she basically wants to swindle the public so that she in turn can be swindled by Regent Law School to become what was described as an under qualified graduate of their charming law school.

I just don't think I will be participating in her efforts.

[merrily]

4. If Regent didn't care enough about her legal call from God to see that she gets her

religious law school degree, why should anyone else?

[cbayer]

5. Lol, and in the end she will end up being a poorly qualified swindler.

No, I'm not going to be participating either.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

8. I read the headline, and this song immediately ran through my mind

[cbayer]

10. Very funny! That's a new one to me.

[BlueMTexpat]

9. If God really wants her to

go to law school, then funds for such should droppeth gently from heaven like manna.

[cbayer]

11. Or at least from the coffers of the religious right law school she wants to attend.

Can't god use it as a conduit?

[BlueMTexpat]

15. God can do anything She wants!!

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Saw the headline and thought this was about Michele BachKKKmann.

[cbayer]

13. Is she still trying to pay that thing off?

[Enthusiast]

14. Me too.

[tanyev]

16. Sorry, I just pledged all my spare change for a CNN 6 box.

http://www.letsbuycnn.com/

[cbayer]

17. That is hilarious!

[trotsky]

18. She says god told her to go to law school, so that's OK to mock.

Someone else says god told them to feed the homeless and that's a wonderful thing and how dare you question it!

Whatever.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

19. So there is no difference between feeding the hungry and going to law school?

And are you going to mock someone who says God told her to feed the hungry?

[trotsky]

20. FA, you have proven your total inability to read what people actually said...

and instead are committed to your straw man interpretation of it.

I am not interested in any discussion with you unless you can actually prove you comprehend what I said.

Hint: I SAID NOTHING ABOUT MOCKING THE PERSON FEEDING THE HOMELESS.