The Bible says :" if there's no bread available then there's no available interest in Bible..."
Different ministries were able to do only minor work in Africa to fight such basic maladies as malnutrition, infectious disease and lack of immunization casing a high mortal rate within newborn babies. Partially, it's not their fault since the environment is harsh and mostly hostile. The matter is aggravated by the Christian Reformed Church that targeting a spiritual salvation based on Jesus teachings when tribal people die like flies lacking the very basic sanitation, sewerage, safe water, agricultural techniques and basic seeds like corn availability to sustain the crop and resist various diseases. American Monsanto who is the leader in the field could provide such seeds at moderate cost and most probably even being reimbursed by various International organizations and charities, specially developed for the unique-climatic and extremely resistant to drought and parasites. However,in my personal opinion Monsanto is not motivated by slim profits and dangerous political environment full of gangsters of the Wild West who routinely used to kidnap the senior executives for the ransom. Many corporations doing business in similar environments carry an insurance policy proved to save life instead of fighting the desperate gorilla fighters looking for an easy target.
The Religion is now for Sale! In many cases the intent is genuine but still there's much more talk and appeal to people who are obiously are in a need of emotional support. For example, the Ellel Ministries and many others just are sophisticated marketing professionals looking to fill the void in every human brought by life without Purpose. The Only problem is that God has died a while ago in Treblinka, Auschwitz, Maidanek and many other places where crimes against humanity were committed in the presence of God.
On the other hand, Buddha's intentions were to help people to wake up from their denials.By pointing out so clearly to human suffering and dissatisfaction with a current condition without any "lipstick" an extraordinary things may happen! One starts facing the truth, and even though pain is inevitable in life, the suffering itself is entirely optional. You may not be able to choose what happens to you, but you can definitely control your responses instead of just reacting with a dissatisfaction.
The Religion is now for Sale! In many cases the intent is genuine but still there's much more talk and appeal to people who are obiously are in a need of emotional support. For example, the Ellel Ministries and many others just are sophisticated marketing professionals looking to fill the void in every human brought by life without Purpose. The Only problem is that God has died a while ago in Treblinka, Auschwitz, Maidanek and many other places where crimes against humanity were committed in the presence of God.
On the other hand, Buddha's intentions were to help people to wake up from their denials.By pointing out so clearly to human suffering and dissatisfaction with a current condition without any "lipstick" an extraordinary things may happen! One starts facing the truth, and even though pain is inevitable in life, the suffering itself is entirely optional. You may not be able to choose what happens to you, but you can definitely control your responses instead of just reacting with a dissatisfaction.
But if you wish to be entertained for free and have some social interactions with savvy business people then you are welcome to listen to the free introduction to a Remote Learning from different spiritual entrepreneurs like the one below. According to Business Week article from the last year some large Church Organizations employ a different strategy to bring in more parishioners since the attendance was going down. The strategy was to employ real professional MBAs from Harvard and other elite schools to make meeting in local cafes and over some social events making it more "interesting' to attend and the same time getting across a spiritual message.
