Volunteering

Now this is after the date, I felt obliged to post this up re. Operation Christmas Child.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/nov/10/religion.society

Beware Trojans etc. Epifania, it's not a dig at you, just that people should be aware of their evangelical outlook.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan's_Purse#Criticism_of_the_Organization

Interesting article.

I've met missionaries before in Africa, and they'll be doing stuff like handing out mosquito nets or teaching English and I think 'fair play'.

Then they spend the rest of the day trying to convert witch doctors or turn people from their original animism and I think 'fucks sake'.

Thing is there's no one else there bothering to help... So is it right? Better standards of living in these places, but at the same time a fast-spreading cancer of hardcore evangelical Christianity and all the hatred, intolerance and bigotry that that breeds.