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Thursday, August 07, 2014

Today in Disgusting People

At the risk of repeating myself, I'm going to state this again: if you want to see an example of someone with no moral foundation whatsoever, pick any major figure on the "Christian" right. Exhibit A, via Joe.My.God.:

I wonder how the Ebola doctor feels now that his humanitarian trip has cost a Christian charity much more than any services he rendered. What was the point? Whatever good Dr. Kent Brantly did in Liberia has now been overwhelmed by the more than $2 million already paid by the Christian charities Samaritan's Purse and SIM USA just to fly him and his nurse home in separate Gulfstream jets, specially equipped with medical tents, and to care for them at one of America's premier hospitals. (This trip may be the first real-world demonstration of the economics of Obamacare.) Why did Dr. Brantly have to go to Africa? The very first 'risk factor' listed by the Mayo Clinic for Ebola -- an incurable disease with a 90 percent fatality rate -- is: 'Travel to Africa.' Can't anyone serve Christ in America anymore? All our elite cultural institutions laugh at virginity and celebrate promiscuity. So no, there's nothing for a Christian to do here.

Ann Coulter. How did you guess?

Would it be safe to say, do you think, that Coulter is more concerned with money than with anything else? Certainly more than actually following the teachings of Christ. Offhand, I'd say that whatever good Dr. Brantly did in Liberia is more than Coulter's going to manage in her whole life. By the way, the fatality rate for Ebola is about 50%.

And there are plenty of people serving Christ in America, in a much more substantive way than Coulter seems to be able to comprehend. (Hint: it doesn't involve wagging your finger at everyone who's not just like you.) They just don't want to be associated with the likes of Ann Coulter.


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