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To: hellbender
Incidentally, can you name how many hospitals, schools, and other philanthropic works were founded by atheists? There are hundreds, if not thousands, founded by Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, including most of the elite Ivy League schools, now bastions of the secular left.

While I would would not in any way want to denigrate the wonderful philanthropy of Christians, it is probably worth remembering that the two richest men in our country, both of whom have given or pledged a large fraction of their fortunes to charity, are atheists or agnostics. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation does wonderful work in education and health.

910 posted on 07/28/2006 1:32:06 PM PDT by HayekRocks
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To: HayekRocks

It's also worth remembering that they are ardent supporters of abortion "rights," and both are basically monopolists. Also, their foundations can be regarded cynically as a tax dodge and a jobs program for their offspring. I do admire some of the work of Gates with diseases in Africa. Warren Buffett is hardly someone whom conservatives should admire; he backed Jean-Fraud Kerry in 2004.


912 posted on 07/28/2006 1:43:02 PM PDT by hellbender
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