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exanimatebylove · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: World Vision

So I went to a concert this weekend called 'Glory Revealed'. It was awesome. http://www.gloryrevealed.com/ If you wanna check it out. Anyway, There was a speaker whose name is David Nasser. He spoke about the poverty in India. He told a story of a missionary who went to India to spend time at a place they call 'The House Of The Dying'. Mother Theresa orchestrated the whole thing. She believed that if you are dying in a poverty stricken country and you have nothing, you at least deserve to have a decent bowl of food to eat for your last meal and a place to sleep. India is so full of death and poverty that out of the 13 million people who live there, 11 million of them are cursed with disease and sickness. The most common age for AIDS in India is 15-24. Sad

World Vision is an organization that allows you to sponser children so that they can have the basics, food, clean water, medical attention, and an education. Things we take for granted daily. I know you have probably saw those 1-800 numbers on TV before and thought it was all a hoax and that someone was getting rich off the backs of the poor but World Vision if a real ministry and they are for real. Your money actually goes to the child. Sorry if I offend anyone but God has blessed us with SO much. Some of us waste so much money on things we don't need while our brothers and sisters are dying because they don't have anything to eat. They are forced to sell their children for sex. The main job of an 11 year old girl in India is prostitution. Sad

These children deserve so much more than that. I just had it on my heart to share this with you guys. I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad either but we, America as a whole is so greedy. We have so many things we take for granted when people have nothing. Anyway, check out the website if it's on your heart. God Bless u.
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Languorous Lass · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:01 am Post subject:

Sorry, but I don't support any causes that include Christianity with their charity. I don't think that anyone should try to indoctrinate others as a condition of providing them with assistance. (And that goes for the US trying to export its brand of "democracy" along with aid.)

Ziola · The Order of Denderah Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 5774

And excuse me for being a little bitter and self absorbed, but while you tout the wonders of being America, don't forget all the people that we have here that are homeless, jobless and selling themselves just to feed their children. Or how about the children and parents here who are sick and dying and can do nothing about it because they don't have health care?

I think we should be a tad bit more narcissitic and take care of our own country before we try to fix anyone elses...

Sami · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject:

Sami · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject:

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7Harry7Potter7 · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject:

So do NOT want to start a flame war here, but I just wanted to say that I support that charity and its views.
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Mikayla · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:46 am Post subject:

i sponser a girl called brenda with world vision =]
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loobylou · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:49 am Post subject:

The thing about charity is that there are so many ways to give that as long as you help out somewhere, it really doesn't matter where.
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Sami · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:36 am Post subject:

Ziola:

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Languorous Lass · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:32 am Post subject:

7Harry7Potter7 · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:48 am Post subject:

exanimatebylove · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject:

I don't care if it's Christian or Athiest, or if they are from here or the moon, if it helps someone who is less fortunate than me then it's worth it.

Like I said, Don't hate me for putting it out there but for some reason I felt it on my heart to share this info with u guys. And that I did.
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Ziola · The Order of Denderah Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 5774

No one hates you...I have a lot of respect for people who still feel they can make a difference. For whatever reason, I lost that look on life..

To be honest, it makes me jealous of you... Embarassed