At 05:43 AM 10/30/2002 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote:
>As for prayer teams "swinging into action," I have a problem with that. It
>sounds a lot like it mistakes prayer for action, rather than recognizing
>that prayer enables action -- the kind of cop-out that leads us to pray for
>the hungry person in front of us, instead of *feeding* them. Not that I'm
>not guilty of that sometimes.
Well, given the sizable homeless population of DC, and given the
concentration of this population around Metro stations, this is a situation
that I am confronted daily. Now, while I have a firm policy of *never*
giving money to American beggars, since I believe that this rewards begging
behaviour, and because I would be quickly bankrupted if I helped every one
that I saw, I do give generously to charitable causes to help the "unseen
poor." Additionally, whenever I do see a poor person on the street, I
have made a point of saying a prayer for them, as the least thing that I
could do for them.
JDG
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John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
People everywhere want to say what they think; choose who will govern
them; worship as they please; educate their children -- male and female;
own property; and enjoy the benefits of their labor. These values of
freedom are right and true for every person, in every society -- and the
duty of protecting these values against their enemies is the common
calling of freedom-loving people across the globe and across the ages.
-US National Security Policy, 2002
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