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To: KLP who wrote (94348)	4/17/2003 11:34:48 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It would make me happy if NO ONE nor No GROUP representating any religion, nor anyone who has paid tickets by* ANY church or religion would go.* I agree. There are professional relief aid administrators available who are perfectly able to manage the situation. Unnecessary complications should be avoided. I should point out that I would feel the same way if, say, a group of radical feminists established an aid agency and used it as a platform to promote their beliefs in Iraq. What I think of the beliefs in question is irrelevant. The only important point is that the beliefs in question are, in the cultural context of the country in question, highly provocative, and the presence of people espousing provocative beliefs is likely to impair the overall efficiency of the aid effort. You, I'm sure, know the Roman Catholic church represents the largest group of Christians, don't you? Hardly fundamentalists..... or are they, in your opinion? There are fundamentalists among them, certainly. I knew some Catholic missionaries in Mindanao, and I had a lot of respect for them. Their beliefs were as incomprehensible to me, though I was raised Catholic, as the born again babble, but their behaviour was very different. These guys would come to a town and stay there 20 years, learn the language, actually become one of the people. They knew the situation intimately, and worked very hard to do what they could for the people in the communities where they lived. They also focused on serving Catholic communities, not converting non-Catholic ones. Big difference from the born-agains I saw, who would come through with the rock band, the movie, and the whole roadshow, shout a lot, deliver highly politicized sermons about matters they knew nothing about, stage some fake "healings", pass some bucks to the local right-wing vigilante group, tally up the souls saved, and move on to do it elsewhere....