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To: tickmeister
I still say that a person who goes to the poorest country on earth and starts a business, hires one employee and pays him a wage that will allow him escape poverty does more good for humanity than a hundred Mother Theresa's who do nothing but pray for the poor and hold their hand while they starve.

Please don't disparage Mother Theresa. Who are you, Christopher Hitchens? If Mother Theresa did nothing more than pray for the poor & hold their hand, it would be more than most of us do. As it was, she housed them, and fed them, and clothed them - AND held their hand & prayed for them.

79 posted on 04/11/2006 8:47:28 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp (Soon Israel will be just a memory.)
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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp

Not disparaging Mother Theresa. Simply saying that successful business owner does more for humanity than she did. Where did she get the money to feed and house the poor? Donations from folks who did something to earn the money. As the old saying goes, pray in one hand and s--t in the other and see which one fills up first.

Sorry if that sounds harsh. It's just what I believe.


90 posted on 04/11/2006 8:58:17 PM PDT by tickmeister (tickmeister)
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