<OT> Re: list moderator losing perspective?

[Michael Hipp]

Ric Moore wrote:
> My brother and his family are hugely evangelical. 

Emotion and context don't travel well in 7-bit ASCII but you say that as if it 
were an obvious point of derision. To some of us that would not be the case.

 > My niece wanted to go
> to Romania to spread the Gospel and minister to the orphans (where 95%
> of the population has been Christian before this country was founded)
> and needed several grand for travel expenses to go do this Good Work. 

All of Europe could probably be said to be "christian" before the founding of 
this country. Today it would take serious detective work to find enough 
Biblical Christians on the whole continent to fill a bus. You don't suppose a 
half century of atheist communist rule could have made any difference in Romania?

> It was priceless, when I said that there had to be at least one soup
> kitchen in the vicinity of Liberty U that could use that kind of money
> to feed the orphans in our own backyard and that they could preach while
> they ate, if it made them feel any better. "Fear and Loathing" for yours
> truly was written on their faces. I cackled in their general direction.

Ok, your niece wanted to go do something good. In a place with a real need 
(orphans). And you made fun of her evidently just so you could take out your 
loathing for the Rev. Falwell.

> It was the Irish in me, I couldn't resist. :) Ric

Those of Irish descent of my wife's family might be surprised to learn that 
hurting young people is a proper Irish trait.

Michael

P.S. Linux rules.