Christian right's compassion deficit

[aikido15]

It's business as usual at the web sites of the American Family Association, the Family Research Council, the Christian Coalition, Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America, and the Coral Ridge Ministries.
These powerful and well-funded political Christian fundamentalist organizations appear to be suffering from a compassion deficit. Organizations which are amazingly quick to organize to fight against same-sex marriage, a woman's right to choose, and embryonic stem cell research are missing in action when it comes to responding to the disaster in southern Asia. None of their web sites are actively soliciting aid for the victims of the earthquake/tsunami.

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=1830 ...

Everyone needs to know this about them...frauds!

[merwin]

1. That is just sad... predictable, yes, but still sad... n/t

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Guarantee, if THEY look ,biggest sin as far as JC is concerned.

Lack of compassion, and stampeding to judgment and victory.

[phylny]

3. OF course, you can always send FONF a comment :)

http://tinyurl.com/v423

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. I noticed that a couple of days ago

I even started a thread about over in GD.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2878074

I'm glad to see other folks are taking notice too.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Thats's because they're front groups for the Repugs...

...not actual "Christian" charitable organizations.

Yes, they are frauds of the highest order, but we knew that already...:grr:

[Prodemsouth]

6. There was a time in America when....

their rank hyporisy would be pointed out for all Americans by at least one or two of the major networks. The News orgaizations would have found this news worthy- because of all the talk of moral values instead they are scared stiff of these people. Believe me this would have been in the National News if we were still living in the Old America, instead we hear about it in a newsletter from a left leaning phone service provider (not dissing Working Assets, I use them and think we should) Just pointing out how cowardly the American News media is- no news flash there either I guess.

[ClintonTyree]

7. Well most of the people who dies were "heathens"...............

they're not going to waste their money on people who haven't let the "true savior"....Jeebus into their lives. :eyes:
These people aren't Xians, they're a political arm of the Republicans. There's no more christ in their lives as there is in mine. I'm at least honest about it.
I hope one day they'll get what's coming to them.

[Divernan]

9. Plus they were the wrong color for these racists to care about.

And do you think any of these super-slick, oily televangelists would ever encourage their congregation of suckers to give money to anyone but themselves?

[indepat]

8. That's f***ing Frauds with a capital F.

[bones_7672]

10. Kinda forgot about Samaritan's Purse, haven't you??? n/t

[PA Democrat]

13. Apparently this link was only very recently added

and it was only Dodbson's website (Family.org) of all of the Christian right's website that even mentioned the tsunami. Read the article at Working for Change and check out all of the organizations listed. You'll find that Dobson is the only one that mentions the tsunami or asks for donations. And he does it by recommending and linking to Samaritan's Purse.

Samaritan's Purse is Franklin Graham's charity. Franklin Graham who called Islam evil and wicked? It certainly wouldn't be my first choice of charities to support for relief to tsunami victims.

Franklin Graham is the son of Billy Graham and a far more influential figure in the evangelical Christian community than Jerry Falwell or even Pat Robertson. Graham is viewed as the torch-carrier for his father, who is still among the most beloved figures in American Christianity. Moreover, the Graham family is close to Bush. Billy Graham led Bush to Christianity in the 1980s; Franklin Graham delivered the invocation at his presidential inauguration.

In addition to being publicly allied with the Bush administration, Graham also happens to be stridently anti-Islam. His list of anti-Islam comments is long; his most succinct was that Islam is a "very evil and wicked religion."

Graham is also, he says, "poised and ready" to send representatives of the charity he runs to Iraq as soon as possible. His primary purpose is humanitarian aid—providing food and shelter—but he also admits, "I believe as we work, God will always give us opportunities to tell others about his Son. … We are there to reach out to love them and to save them, and as a Christian, I do this in the name of Jesus Christ."

http://slate.msn.com/id/2081432/

[NVMojo]

11. and to think these kind of idiots were supporting the Swiftidiots too.

you are right, they are frauds.

[madison2000]

12. They probably read it (tsunami) as a "sign" of the end times

or God's punishment of Muslims.

Seriously- why was Bush so sluggish to respond- he's waiting for the "rapture". He is interpreting historical events in line with apocalyptic theology instead if responding to them like the president of the richest country on earth.

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[yellowcanine]

15. Falwell's site is also advertising 11.3% on Liberty University "Annuities"

LUF Annuity Pays Annuity Rates Up To 11.3%

He fails to mention that Liberty University gets the money when you die, not your heirs. Nice gig if you can get it, eh?