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Dinesh D’Souza, Townhall.com columnist,author and Christian apologist, has debated many of the secular humanist atheist(SHA) giants of our time. The list includes Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), Daniel Dennett (Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon) and Christopher Hitchins (God Is Not Great). The debates are on youtube for your thought-provoking viewing pleasure. D’Souza’s column today on Townhall.com, George Obama, Start Packing, is a perfect example of giving in action, how Christians make a difference, and how religious people differ from atheists.

I’ll let Dinesh speak:

“So isn’t it interesting that we keep hearing about Sarah Palin’s peccadilloes while the major media continues to ignore the George Obama scandal? Here is a guy living in Third World poverty and his half-brother is the leading candidate to become the next president of the United States.

I specifically asked people to send gifts of $5, $10 and $25. The reason is that even a relatively modest sum by American standards is a considerable sum by Kenyan standards. George Obama has said that he is living on a dollar a month. This seems an impossible sum to survive on, so I checked the poverty line in Kenya. According to United Nations estimates, it’s around $100 a year. By this measure, our little fund has provided for George for 20 years. Alternatively, George can move out of his 6 foot-by-10-foot hut and into a more comfortable dwelling. He can also get the training he needs to become a mechanic.”

This is the Christian way, a “what would Jesus do” moment. My question is what would the secular humanist atheists who run things like academia and the political left do. Dinesh answers that resoundingly. They do nothing.

They do nothing because to a secular humanist there is no God “out there” who cares for us, wants to be in our daily life, and who made us. No, to this group, their god is secular (non-religious), humanist (ego-centered), and substitutes science, success, or power for God.
Dinesh continues:

“I hear a lot from atheists, but interestingly no self-identified atheist contributed a penny. This seems in keeping with sociologist Arthur Brooks’ data showing that secular people are much less generous, both with money and time, than religious people. As Brooks might have predicted, most of my donations came from self-identified Christians, some of them in difficult circumstances themselves. Thanks to this generosity, Barack Obama’s half-brother can look forward to the prospect of a better life. George Obama, start packing!”

So is Barack Obama Christian? Muslim? I propose he is neither. He is a member of the church of Barack Obama. Self-absorbed, hungry for power, either indifferent to or embarassed about his Third World family member. Dinesh was interviewed by The Nation, a liberal SHA magazine:

“The reporter for “The Nation” thought he had me cornered when he asked, “Are you doing this to embarrass Barack Obama?” To which I answered, “Absolutely. He deserves to be embarrassed.”

Our country was founded on Judeo-Christian values. This is the moral underpinning of our American culture. It’s why our coinage says “In God We Trust”. The day the SHA’s win will be the end of the great American experiment. Dinesh explains it better: