Aid from Samaritan\u2019s Purse is currently being sent to earthquake survivors in Nepal.
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Samaritan\u2019s Purse is a non-denominational Evangelical charity engaged in international humanitarian aid. \u00a0Its chairman, president, and CEO is Franklin Graham, son of the famed evangelist Billy Graham.<\/p>\n
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If it\u2019s really true that, as the late Christopher Hitchens maintained, \u201creligion poisons everything,\u201d Samaritan\u2019s Purse would be a better organization if it lacked religious motivation. \u00a0(Maybe it could be called \u201cSecularist\u2019s Purse\u201d?) \u00a0And, for that matter, the world might be a better place if Samaritan\u2019s Purse didn\u2019t exist at all.<\/p>\n
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