Interesting read. Posted here at the risk of ignition... As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs GodMissionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa's biggest problem - the crushing passivity of the people's mindset
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article5400568.ece excerpt: "Christianity, post-Reformation and post-Luther, with its teaching of a direct, personal, two-way link between the individual and God, unmediated by the collective, and unsubordinate to any other human being, smashes straight through the philosphical/spiritual framework I've just described. It offers something to hold on to to those anxious to cast off a crushing tribal groupthink. That is why and how it liberates." _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
