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(RNS) Atheists Aim to Change Image of Penny-pinching Scrooges
If Dec. 10 had been an average day for Doctors Without Borders, the Swiss charity that sends medical help into crisis areas, its website would have logged 4,000 hits.
Instead, it was bombarded with more than 10 times that amount as atheists from the user-driven news site Reddit.com participated in a fundraiser that has so far raised more than $200,000.
“It’s amazing, what’s going on,” a DWB spokeswoman told the Reuters news agency. “The amount being raised is amazing, definitely.”
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