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   From: rukbat@pern.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 14:04:01 GMT, "jabriol"    
   posted to alt.atheism:   
      
   >> >you just confirmed what the Bible says all along.. Goverments can not even   
   >> >provide the basic for the people.   
      
   >> And the Watchtower confirms that religions can't either.  The   
   >> difference is that the Watchtower refuses to, even when asked to.   
      
   >that is correct. The WatchTower is a legal entity and it is labeled as a   
   >charity as well.   
      
   Except that the only people benefitting from their "charity" are the   
   higher-ups in the corporation.  When's the last time they gave YOU any   
   money?   
      
   >> >Are you that cruel to exploit the homeless plea, as a JW bashing tool?   
      
   >> Only as long as JWs refuses to help the homeless, even when it costs   
   >> them nothing.   
      
   >If it cost nothing, then why does not goverment do it.   
      
   The government never had anyone arrested for sitting on its doorstep.   
   The WS has - many times.   
      
   > in america, the   
   >goverment is the people. So why is it that people in this country allow   
   >others to be homeless?   
      
   I suppose for the same reason they allow you to be clueless.   
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   certain of   
   themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."   
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