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Nicholas Geovanis (nickgeo@merle.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
: 30,000 children die each day from preventible medical causes like
: dehydration, measles, tetanus, etc. And here we have people wearing their
: "Christianity" like armor with pennants and flags, concerned about
: persecution they claim to have suffered at the hands of the National
: Organization of Women(!?).

As someone who was at the DC event, as well as an earlier PK stadium 
event, I must say you've missed the point.

The DC event was focused on two things - repentence and introspection
for ourselves, and prayer for ourselves, our families, and our cities.
I didn't see too many flags & pennants that day, but I did men face
down on the ground, calling out to God to forgive their screw-ups and
help them live better lives.

It was spiritual in nature, not political - the power was in the
prayer & the unity.  As difficult as it may be for non-spiritually-
minded folks to understand, PK really doesn't care much about it's
influence on the media or on politicians or on laws.  PK is all about
internal change for ourselves.

PK also hasn't suffered from NOW's puny little whining, other then in 
the press (which as I said above, isn't that big of a deal).

You also mention how many other needs there are - who do you think
supports the nation's and world's charities?  It's often the Christian 
church, well represented last Oct 4th.  Look at organizations like 
Compassion Int.  and World Vision, providing medicine & vacinations,
food, and education to children worldwide.  Look at Christian Blind 
Mission - helping heal & save the eyesight of the poorest of the poor 
worldwide.  Look at the Salvation Army, feeding many on our cities' 
streets.  Look at who runs most of the homeless shelters and tutoring 
programs in US cities.  The Christian church has thousands of 
organizations doing such things.

The US church gives BILLIONS of dollars each year to fund charities and
missionary work all over the world.  The church is far from perfect, and
it does have a lot of hypocrites, but there is a real core there which
is doing the work of Christ, and is caring for the poor as part of that
work.


- Steven
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