re: #16 theheat

And the drives to send money to selected children in [some overpopulated, undereducated, underfed country] so they can share letters from the [formerly underfed, undereducated] child, now with a belly full of food (apparently, the neighbor kids, family, and parents sit around watching the one sponsored child eat?) and writing letters to their benefactors about Jesus, how often they pray, their favorite Bible passages, etc.

I’ve seen a bunch of these letters pimped by various phony ultra fundie orgs, and it’s downright creepy.

I call these recipients prayer pets, or prayer dolls. You don’t get glowing letters about Jesus by adopting pets from a shelter. Not to mention, most shelters require you spay or neuter your new pet.

And I’m really sure if I sent money for such a cause that it would actually go to the child, or any child, in question.