"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13
"Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys." - Luke 12:33
"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God." - Luke 6:20
Hello,
We seem to be stuck in a world where random acts of kindness come at a premium. Where generosity today? Doesn't come easy. I know I've said no to a few homeless folks, but sometimes, they may be con artists or criminals.Rich and the Politicians:
When I think of the word RICH: I think of celebrities, politicians, CEOs of major fortune 500 companies, and sports stars.
Not people who make $100,000 or less.
But I look at a lot of these bogus charities like "The Giving Pledge" and "The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" which has received incredible criticism for caring more about returns on their investment then they would about helping others. These rich folks need to get off of their dead rear ends and start helping others.
Our politicians don't feel that way, as they continue to tax and bust poor and middle peoples gums out for their dollar while saving the rich. They believe that $50,000-a-year on the middle class is very rich enough to pay the majority of the taxes while the top 10% of earners find the exposed loopholes so they don't have to worry about Uncle Sam taking their money.
Our politicians also don't seem to care about charity even though they claim to. I don't see them donating massive amounts to money to some of the top-dollar charities out there.
The rich seem to only care about elite schools, operas, and snot-nosed places. I don't see them donating to food banks, homeless charities, religious charities (Money's their religion), and so on and so forth.
I can say a lot about sports stars because they do some heavy donating and spend time with children about how to make it in life.
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Religious charities are the ones that could use the biggest help and it doesn't seem like a lot of the rich want to help out with them. They spurn religion because it "didn't help them become wealthy" and that's really sad.
I don't see Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, or any big time CEOs putting down their pad and pen to help with food banks and giving the poor a few dollars for a meal.
We have forgotten our values in life and it's time for that these rich, stuck-up, irresponsible, wealthy snobs start donating their time to charity!
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WE HAVE FORGOTTEN OUR VALUES
~ Joshua
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