Dave Smith wrote:

> Ken Davey wrote:
>
> > The great majority of hospitals were not started by religious people.
> > They sprang out of the desire by 'caring' people to help their fellow
man.
> > Religion was NOT the reason.
> > If what you said was really the case history would be replete with
horror
> > stories of refusal to admit without evidence of religious affiliation.
Now
> > if you want to talk about racial descrimination this is a good place to
> > start.
>
> If you can twist reality around enough I suppose it could be said that a
lot
> of hospitals were founded by the church. After all, the church had an
> incredible amount of influence in days gone by, and few projects were
carried
> out without its consent. So if we interpret the approval to well meaning
> groups to build hospitals we can say that the church was responsible for
them
> being established.


That's because not so long ago hospitals were places where one went to die,
not to necessarily get well, they were in fact virtual charnel
houses...perhaps this is a factor as to why churches were so active in
setting up hospitals.

A present - day example of such a place would be "Mother" Theresa's (an evil
EVIL old bag and SCUMBAG con artist if there was one) filthy medieval
facilities in India, where people in great pain are denied basic painkillers
(including aspirin) and are told to "pray to the Lord" for
"salvation"...'course when Evil Theresa needed medical care her rich and
shady friends flew her to clinics in Switzerland or wherever via private
jet...google "Missionary Position" and "Christopher Hitchens" to see for
yerselves...

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Best
Greg