Posted on 12/30/2004 8:23:47 PM PST by cfhBAMA
Alot of christian websites are pretty low budget operations they are probably all on Christmas/New Years break.
The Vatican pledged 25 million in aid.
Hmmm! What ever happened to all those "judge not" bible verses that liberals love so much. The people that think christians should not jusge (aka keep their opinions to themselves) have no problem judging christians.
Very interesting. I went on the websites...author is accurate in his observations.
Too Funny...
The only article about the earthquakes\tsunamis, on the Workingforchange home page, is THIS one.
And I wonder how much Berkowitz has given? Christiandom, flawed as it is, is the salt of the Earth. We give more, on and off the books, than anyone else on Earth.
I'm wondering what the "party of compassion" is doing. What is the Heinz foundation doing, the Soros foundation doing ? My guess is the Sierra Club is actually celebrating fewer humans on the planet.
oops....sorry...there was 1 more article...but no donation solicitations, no links to donor sites etc....
Exactly....we gave to the SALVATION ARMY...it's already geared up to help....not our Presbyterian Church or its whole organization....
These organizations are in a position to do something...ackowledge what happened, ask for prayers and direct people to Christian organizations that are serving the relief aid.
Sorry, this is article is an accurate criticism on this case. It is not fair in that it does not include Christian organizations that ARE donating. Maybe Falwell, et al just want the money --donations--coming in to them. As you can tell, I'm not a fan of Falwell and a few of the others. They give Chritianity a bad name with their money hungry style.
As accurate as irrelevant? That would be a high degre of accuracy indeed!
Dan
Why should we give to middleman organizations, expecting them to give to the charities to give to the people who need the aid? Why not give directly to the charities that give to the people who need the aid? Sure, the middleman organizations won't make feel good headlines, but the people who need it would get it faster and that's what SHOULD count. "Christian right" representatives, in the form of demoninational charities, are already over there helping. I guess they don't count.
I sponsor a child through Christian Children's Fund, one of the oldest and most trustworthy charities and it IS set up, unlike the political activist groups he mentions, to deliver water, food and clothing where it is needed. When my next statement arrives, I'm going to give a respectable donation. CCF is one of those charities that is there for the long haul. I'm sure they already have programs set up in all of the affected countries.
http://www.christianchildrensfund.org/
Perhaps the websites are not up to date, but the programming is all calling for donations for Asia, as are the pulpits. Operation Blessing and Save the Children Fund already have charity organizations on the ground. They've been there for years helping. Donations to them are wise...they don't have to waste money creating infrastructure on the ground...it's already in place. This is nothing but a smear against Christians.
"What is the Heinz foundation doing, the Soros foundation doing".
Paying for recounts in Washington and Ohio I would bet. Got to keep counting till you get it democratically right.
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