That's rather what I gathered from the last post... I actually rather liked the example of the problem being FEMA having their thumbs up their asses, as its a very clear example of a problem which is absolutely _not_ a question of your church attendance. "Attend church and your home will be spared from the flood" -- and how many faithful attendees also suffered? -- and then of course they move on to "Attendance is not enough... " as they back-pedal on the assumption that all your problems can be solved by faith. Though in and of itself that's only tangently related to the crux of the issue, which is, giving tax money to religious charities who are not only able to but _likely_ to distribute aid in a biased manner which incorporates their own ulterior motives (predominantly conversion).
Though I think you meant "deep into the land of religion"? > If I can chime back in here for a moment now that I am > less frantic, > I think there is an important distinction to be made > between rational > and utilitarian economic decisions -- for instance, here > in this town > where half the roads and houses have washed away, the > sooner everybody > gets back to work the better for the local economy -- and > charity, > which assumes some sort of altruistic motive on behalf of > the giver, > and a problem which may be eased, though probably not > solved, by the > gift. > Once you start making people attend the faith-based event > of your > choice, we are deep into the land of charity, and run the > risk of > allowing faith-based belief systems to define the issue. I > for one did > not feel that this storms, which made disaster areas of a > dozen > counties, had anything much to do with my failure to > attend the local > Baptist church, and did not appreciate this suggestion. > Dana s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157181 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
