But he's accepting the accolates now, is he not? There's really no difference. He built something and Oprah built something. In all honesty, I didn't know about Oprah's school until the grand opening, did you? What's the difference. These are people doing wonderful things for other people. Is it better when a "real" Christian, as you called it, does something generous. I don't get it at all. And for those who say Oprah does it just for adulation? Here's a woman who doesn't have to do anything for the rest of her life and she will be admired forever. Does anyone think the people who benefit from the hospital and the school really care who or who doesn't get credit for building it? I think it's more a reflection of the people here who would tear down good works because they don't care for the people who do them. It is very, very "unChristian."
Do the adults here really need to explain the difference between taking action without expecting any earthly recognition and personally publicizing one's own good deeds? Wesley Audrey also accepted the president's invitation. Does that make his action any less selfless?
The President welcomed Mutombo, and Autrey and Sergeant Tommy Rieman to the SOTU as examples of how selfless compassion makes our country great. People who can't appreciate are stuck on the lowest rungs of the morality scale.