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Charity doesn't count unless you Nail it to a Piece of Wood

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:13 PM

ANTHONYT

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http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/24/court-rules-world-vision-can-
require-employees-to-be-christians
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Hello,

World Vision, appalled that some of its employees were doing charitable works without believing in God, fired them.

Courts have ruled that the firings are legal.

An A.P. Article may shed some additional light on the episode:
Quote:


From the Asinine Press:
August 24, 2010

Felix Winthrop, Director of World Press' Biblical Research division, recently made an alarming discovery. "I can't believe I never noticed this before," he said, holding up the organization's Biblia Prima, or Prime Bible. The Bible is an old printing of the New Testament made in North Carolina before the Revolutionary War. The tome has been meticulously copied, down to every minor imperfection, and disseminated for free to all employees at the nonprofit. "It gives us a sense of history," Felix explained.

Unfortunately, tenacious attention to detail may have caused problems. "The whole Good Samaritan chapter is missing," Felix said with a laugh. "It's really quite embarrassing."

Biblical scholar Amanda Pratts was consulted about the Good Samaritan chapter, which is famous in religious circles. "It's a part of the Bible where a nonbeliever does a good deed," she explains. "It's really quite famous, and has found its way into the popular vernacular."

Now that Felix has caught the omission, he intends to create reprints of the Bible in its entirety. Still, he has good spirits about the affair. "Fortunately, no real harm was done."



--Anthony

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:38 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


Hello,

In a more serious critique, World Vision gets 27% of their funding from the U.S. and other governments.

Specifically, this division of the US government gives them revenue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAID

And as far as I'm concerned, if Federal dollars are going to your organization, then your hiring practices should adhere to Federal norms.

Jerk that I am, if I had any say-so in the matter, I'd threaten to de-fund them for shenanigans like this. You want our money, then you'd better not discriminate in your hiring practices. Period.

--Anthony

Edited for improved Accuracy 7:48PM 8/24/10

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010 5:04 PM

WISHIMAY


Based on the information you have provided, and until such a time as it may be disproved, I herefore agree with your assertion...

You may proceed

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:02 PM

FREMDFIRMA



Threaten, ha!

Straight up, they should BE de-funded, immediately.

It's shit like this which makes me so intensely hostile about our de-facto government sponsored religion.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

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