Today and yesterday I tried mowing neighbors yards for free.

[Beartracks]

20. "real charity doesn't take being a christian"

True.

Ever notice how a lot of Christians (well, the rightwing kind, and there are a lot of them) seem to favor social/political policies that will keep the poor... poor? Because then they (the rightwing Christians) can donate to charity to help the poor, thereby 1) getting a tax break, and 2) feeling good about giving to the poor. But if you express an interest in social/political policies that would reduce poverty and reduce the NEED for charity to support all those poor people, then the rightwing Christian will think that is a BAD idea.

Huh?

It's like holding bake sales at church so Timmy's family can pay for his surgery is somehow a good, honorable thing. By itself, it is. But what about all the other Timmys?? What if we had a society where all the Timmy's could get that surgery without requiring their families to pin their hopes on selling enough cupcakes to make it happen?

For that matter, charity as a matter of policy has a couple of things wrong with it: 1) it's voluntary, so it might not happen; 2) it's subjective, so that the givers only donate to causes they deem "worthy"; and 3) in light of the points 1 and 2, charity is thus unreliable.

Okay, sorry. Random post is random. Been a long day.

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