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  Msg  : 65                                         Written : 08/09/94 06:13pm
  From : ROBIN MURRAY-O'HAIR                        Status  :                 
  To   : ALL                                                                  
  Subj : Catholic Charity                                                     

    There isn't an Atheist who hasn't had to face the Christian question
of "Where are the Atheist charities?" Well, perhaps we should be asking,
"Where are the Christian charities?"

    For example, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) distributes
food and grants, particularly in Africa. But it's not exactly a
fine example of *Christian* charity. CRS received 77 percent of its $290
million budget from U.S. government agencies in 1992. That's
$223,300,000. It seems that U.S. taxpayers can foot the bill -- but it's
the church that gets the credit.



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  Msg  : 96                                         Written : 09/09/94 06:29pm
  From : ROBIN MURRAY-O'HAIR                        Status  :                 
  To   : ALL                                                                  
  Subj : Phoning for Christ                                                   

                   TELEPHONE COMPANY PROMOTES CHRIST

    Over 80,000 customers and 1200 organizations have already signed up
to use LifeLine, the first long distance service "built on
Biblical values and centered around the Lord Jesus Christ. And its
president is proud to note that:

        "You would call us a fundamentalist Christian, right-wing
    organization -- and we like it.
         "We believe God wants [Lifeline] to fund His Kingdom."

    LifeLine is an offshoot of AmeriVision, which was founded five years
ago in Oklahoma City. Its gross annual billings run about $12 million,
having grown fivefold in the last year alone.
    Among the companies which use this long distance service are
chapters of the Christian Coalition; the American Family Association
(run by Donald E. Wildmon); Operation Rescue; and the Moore Foundation,
a home schooling advocacy group.
    LifeLine gives over $1 million a year to conservative Christian
groups. Advertisements sent to New Mexico members of the Christian
Coaliation note that 10 percent of any income from their use of LifeLine
will be given to the Christian Coalition of New Mexico.

Source: American Atheist Newsletter, September 1994



THEIST_WATCH
  Msg  : 97                                         Written : 09/09/94 06:31pm
  From : ROBIN MURRAY-O'HAIR                        Status  :                 
  To   : ALL                                                                  
  Subj : Researching Prayer                                                   

    In case you thought all was right in the medical world, here's this
tidbit. According to the Sept/Oct 1994 issue of _Psychology Today_, the
Office of Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health has
just awarded a $30,000 grant to an M.D. who thinks that prayer is
efficacious against substance abuse.



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