dr. mengele from the grave
As most of us have probably heard, Warren Buffett, one of the most wealthy men in the world (number two I believe), has decided to donate most of his huge fortune to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Undoubtedly, the $37 billion can do a lot of good, but not everyone's so happy. Chief among them are some pro-lifers, especially one Rev. Thomas Euteneuer who is quoted by CNN as saying that Buffett "will be known as the Dr. Mengele of philanthropy unless he repents." This because less than one percent of Gates' foundation's money goes to Planned Parenthood -- who, as a last resort in reproductive planning, do offer abortions.
This doesn't surprise me. It is a folley that "christian" folk seemingly always fall into (and the main reason that I have a hestitency identifying myself as Christian even though I truly am)...that they can't see the greater good that $37 billion can bring because some infitesimal portion of that money might be used to pay for abortions. And it's not a raising of concerns about it, not merely saying "we do not believe it's the wrong thing to do to provide abortions". No, they can't stop there -- they have to compare the man who has given billions to saving millions of lives to a man that performed horrendous experiments on thousands of Jews and political prisoners...one of the nastiest of Nazi war criminals.
Thing is, in his mind, he probably doesn't see the difference between the two. He cannot see that millions of people whose lives will invariably be improved (and saved) because it goes against his politics. How petty. How sad. The fact that this is a man of the clothe who's saying this only provides more evidence of the ever-widening gap that exists between the church and Christ.
This doesn't surprise me. It is a folley that "christian" folk seemingly always fall into (and the main reason that I have a hestitency identifying myself as Christian even though I truly am)...that they can't see the greater good that $37 billion can bring because some infitesimal portion of that money might be used to pay for abortions. And it's not a raising of concerns about it, not merely saying "we do not believe it's the wrong thing to do to provide abortions". No, they can't stop there -- they have to compare the man who has given billions to saving millions of lives to a man that performed horrendous experiments on thousands of Jews and political prisoners...one of the nastiest of Nazi war criminals.
Thing is, in his mind, he probably doesn't see the difference between the two. He cannot see that millions of people whose lives will invariably be improved (and saved) because it goes against his politics. How petty. How sad. The fact that this is a man of the clothe who's saying this only provides more evidence of the ever-widening gap that exists between the church and Christ.
