Letter to the editor: U.S. aid and Christianity
Letter to the editor: U.S. aid and Christianity | Opinion
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Reading the report, "US aid help halt cripples famine efforts," in the Feb. 7 Standard-Times immediately brought this from Matthew 25 to my mind: 34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me ... . 45 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.'
Five hundred thousand tons of food assistance worth $340 million in limbo. So much for our "Christian" president.
Richard Sutherland
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