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If We Were All Atheists, the Nursing Shortage Would be Far Worse

There are few atheists serving the sick and wounded in our hospitals today.
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“Although a Jew, I have acquired tremendous respect for Christianity over the years. For example, it seems every second nurse I meet chose that difficult, undervalued profession in order to serve Christ. So I think the atheists, agnostics, Moslems, Buddhists, and Jews should be most thankful for the Christians in our society or today’s nursing shortage would be far worse.” 

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