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Politics : The Left Wing Porch
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To: Rambi who wrote (3176)1/17/2001 2:13:24 PM
From: cosmicforceRead Replies (1) of 6089
 
Compassion, feeling another's pain and wanting to alleviate it, is no less valid when it's carried out within the context of a religious system, is it? Most of these services do not require conversion as a prerequisite to obtaining them.

I think there is a difference between overt and covert proselytizing. It is pretty infamous that the Salvation Army sermon comes before the soup. It is when the government starts using these private agencies that the lines get fuzzy. The Mormons are extremely giving, but there is definitely an agenda behind it.

There was that funny time that my wife and I visited a Mormon "Museum" in San Diego. It was kind of an architectural Chinese Finger trap - you entered through one door but you had to run their gauntlet. They gave a very well-done (if biased) view of the West. It was right next door to a government museum and I foolishly said, well let's just step in and see. Big mistake. I've had an easier time ridding myself of crazy glue than the docent who bonded to us.
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