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In other words, while religion may encourage some work in that area (providing it does not conflict with Church dogma), it is the people who do that work, and if the Church disappeared, people would continue to do that work.
One big problem with Christians going to other countries to help, pushing Jesus into people's lives. While it may not be overt, it is always there.
There are some break-aways, such as a group of nuns who have openly disobeyed the Church and are ministering to people to give them what they need, and ignoring dogma, which sometimes goes against Church doctrine. They are hoping that the next Pope isn't such a dick as the last one.
So there is always an exception! When you keep the Church out of it, good occurs without the inferred required payment. Because of it's dark history, that garbage is always going to get in the way of non-Catholics seeing anything that the Church does as a good deed without an ulterior motive.
And a couple of side benifits about organizations, such as Doctors without Borders, they do not push religion on the people that they help (no hidden agenda), and they don't sodomize the kids.
In other words, while religion may encourage some work in that area (providing it does not conflict with Church dogma), it is the people who do that work, and if the Church disappeared, people would continue to do that work.
One big problem with Christians going to other countries to help, pushing Jesus into people's lives. While it may not be overt, it is always there.
There are some break-aways, such as a group of nuns who have openly disobeyed the Church and are ministering to people to give them what they need, and ignoring dogma, which sometimes goes against Church doctrine. They are hoping that the next Pope isn't such a dick as the last one.
So there is always an exception! When you keep the Church out of it, good occurs without the inferred required payment. Because of it's dark history, that garbage is always going to get in the way of non-Catholics seeing anything that the Church does as a good deed without an ulterior motive.
And a couple of side benifits about organizations, such as Doctors without Borders, they do not push religion on the people that they help (no hidden agenda), and they don't sodomize the kids.
“I've done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"— Ned Flanders
