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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: epicure who wrote (210008)12/6/2006 3:22:33 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I would think that a man of character would have immediately acknowledged, at a minimum, that his comment didn't go with the passage from Brooks that he quoted. A man of real character would have gotten back to you to clarify his previous comment.

You know what they say, You judge a man's character by what he does.

That's all we can do.

I do think it is very likely the religious people are indeed more charitiable- especially since they have to tithe. But even outside of tithing, for those who believe that deeds, not words, will get them in to heaven, of COURSE they have to get out there and do deeds.

To some extent it's a situational advantage. If you're sitting in Church and the minister/priest/rabbi/... starts up a collection for cause xyz it's pretty easy. A little prompting to pull our your wallet by someone you trust is a no-brainer. On the other hand, there's the cold call to your house during dinner....the 6th one today...it doesn't take long for people to start slamming down the phone to escape these people.

So as not to influence anyone about a specific non-profit. I was giving to this non-profit on a regular basis. At one point, I said, let's quadruple my donation if you promise to call me only once a year instead of the three times you do call me. Great! they said. I sent the donation in and got a call they reminded me of the once a year deal and said the year was up. That year seemed to go by quickly....when I went to file the receipt in my tax files, I noticed that "one year" turned out to be 3 months. I'm going to find another charity.

jttmab
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