Hurricane Rita: It's been nice knowing you guys...

MEDICVET · Oct 3, 2005

ucicare said:

MEDICVET said:

By the way..how many volunteer hours have you put in, Bar, if any? You know, makin a profit on the misery of others, do you have any time for the ones who are miserable? again, just curious.
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What did I do to yank your chain? If you will do a little reading, you will find that I am about the only person on this board who has always been nice to you.

What makes you think that I am profiting on the misery of others?

Get a grip. Or bet yet, stop drinking. You sound drunk.

Barry
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Barry, you were facetiously talking about all the money you were fixin to make on it, and excuse me if I took it a bit too seriously.

but I do want to know seriously if you have put in any volunteer hours..and how many homeless now because of trina you know personally?

ucicare · Oct 3, 2005

MEDICVET said:

Barry, you were facetiously talking about all the money you were fixin to make on it, and excuse me if I took it a bit too seriously.

but I do want to know seriously if you have put in any volunteer hours..and how many homeless now because of trina you know personally?
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I was serious about making money in real estate. Property here was hot before the hurricanes. All I am doing is working my butt off to make an decent living. Profiteering on the miseryof others is evil. Making money by working for it is not evil.

Yes I volunteer. I think it is kind of self serving to list all that I do. Be assured that I give a lot of time and money to help others.

Barry

Nursey · Oct 3, 2005

MEDICVET said:

So if I were a terrorist, I would oppose the US by helping Iraq do so well that there would not be a choice but to accept its representatives as legimate . But see then, a lot of the foreign agitators coming to Iraq and blowing it's citizens up would have to find another avocation..would be such a shame, since they are so well qualified for this one.
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'Foreign agitators coming to Iraq and blowing its citizens up'.

Nursey · Oct 4, 2005

ucicare said:

Profiteering on the miseryof others is evil.
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Well then, here's a few excerpts from an article which i'd be interested to hear your opinion on. (Please read the full article linked below).

Christianity and the Demise of America

During the journey from childhood to manhood, I have often contemplated the role of Christianity in the path that America was taking. Let me state clearly that in my humble opinion organized religion has nothing to do with real Christianity—I mean the actual teachings of Christ. Through a spectacular failure of courage and a will to be accepted into the mainstream of corporate America, the example of Jesus Christ has been trivialized and blasphemed by its chief practioneers. The church has allowed itself to become so prostituted that it bears little resemblance to the radical teachings of Christ of Nazareth. It has allowed itself not only to be marginalized by corporate America—it has become an apologist, an enabler, for the corporate state and all it represents.
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One would think that any Christian would willingly concede the point that Jesus Christ did not devote any energy to advancing the corrupt agenda of the rich and powerful. Indeed, Christ devoted his life to serving the poor, the oppressed, and the disenfranchised. Christ despised the obscene accumulation and unequal distribution of wealth. This of course put him in opposition to those in power, which eventually led to his crucifixion. It is the very same forces that put Dr. Martin Luther King in formal opposition to more contemporary power brokers, with the result that he was killed by an assassin’s bullet. It takes more than bullets to kill a man. It takes more than nails and bullets to bury truth. In both cases, those in power killed the messenger; but the message continues to resonate loud and clear; and it is more relevant than ever in these most dangerous of times.
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Real Christians would not tolerate presidents who make war on defenseless people based upon lies and innuendo. Bush and his imperialist polices should be openly and powerfully denounced from every pulpit in every church in the United States, every day. But they are not. In fact, just the opposite occurs. Bush and his minions are cheered on by the apostates, the dogs of war and poverty. Rather than acting as a counter friction to the machine, the church acts like a cheer leader for grotesque acts of atrocity against the world. By allying itself with fraudulent ideologues like the ‘Christian Right,’ the church has itself become the anti-Christ. Being Christian, it seems to me, requires asking of oneself in times of crises, ‘What would Christ do?’ But this is a question that makes those who call themselves Christians uncomfortable. It is the kind of question that demands everything of them. It is the kind of question that makes it hard to look at oneself in the mirror.
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diogenes · Oct 5, 2005

All organizations are inherently political, churches are no different. Christianity is not what will bring about the demise of America, but it's use to justify ignorance and political corruption will. Remember what George Carlin said, because it would solve many problems in America. "Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself."

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