This makes me think of people who belittle Christian missionary groups who are out feeding the poor and giving shelter to the homeless and all that (and not necessarily evangelizing). Who cares if many of them are doing it only so that they can ultimately spread their gospel, or because it is one of the tenets of their faith? I think what matters is that people are getting fed. I don't think poverty-stricken people really care about the motives . . . a humanitarian impulse is the most noble impulse, regardless of what drives it. The people who sit around and criticize these gestures are the people who do nothing to improve the lives of others.
Monica Osborne
On charity
This makes me think of people who belittle Christian missionary groups who are out feeding the poor and giving shelter to the homeless and all that (and not necessarily evangelizing). Who cares if many of them are doing it only so that they can ultimately spread their gospel, or because it is one of the tenets of their faith? I think what matters is that people are getting fed. I don't think poverty-stricken people really care about the motives . . . a humanitarian impulse is the most noble impulse, regardless of what drives it. The people who sit around and criticize these gestures are the people who do nothing to improve the lives of others.