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BoneKracker
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| juniper wrote: | | Old School wrote: | | sugar wrote: | | giving all your money to the church doesn't really count as giving to charity. |
Two strawman arguments in one sentence. Impressive. |
hmmm. does he have a point though? should giving to your church count as charity if all that money does is go to the running of the church? |
No, it shouldn't. This is why, at least in the U.S., organized religions run separate charity organizations. There are dozens of respected charity organizations run by organized religions that do good all over the world.
Even without them, the private donations of Americans to charities helping to feed, house, provide medical care, and educate the poor all over the world literally dwarf all forms of giving (government aid plus private giving) of European countries.
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Old School
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This is an overview of one church's Humanitarian services.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services
This is provided through tithes and non paid service.
| Quote: | | From 1985 - 2009, $327.6 million in cash and $884.6 million in commodities of aid was given throughout 178 countries. |
These Folks alone probably due more than any individual European country.
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BoneKracker
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Oh no, not "those folks" -- you'll get pjp into a cognitive dissonance seizure!
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energyman76b
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Old School wrote: | This is an overview of one church's Humanitarian services.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDS_Humanitarian_Services
This is provided through tithes and non paid service.
| Quote: | | From 1985 - 2009, $327.6 million in cash and $884.6 million in commodities of aid was given throughout 178 countries. |
These Folks alone probably due more than any individual European country. |
nice, that is only double that what the EKD spends every single year...
http://ekd.de/english/download/ekd-facts_and_figures_2011.pdf
page 29 onwards.
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pjp
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| BoneKracker wrote: | | Oh no, not "those folks" -- you'll get pjp into a cognitive dissonance seizure! |
No conflict here.
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Old School
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| BoneKracker wrote: | | Oh no, not "those folks" -- you'll get pjp into a cognitive dissonance seizure! |
With Romney running, I thought the LDS would be appropriate. 
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