That makes a very good point tho... religions being what they are, some faiths have very stringent requirements about mingling with people of other faiths. It might actually be considered an excommunicable sin for a Jehova's Witness to accept charity from an LDS church. I'm not sure why that is, but I know that there's a lot of contention between those denominations. Giving any church or religious organization tax money just opens so many new avenues for abuse -- it's just plain crazy.
(Off-topic: Not that the LDS church would ever ask -- iirc in the US they have the highest average income of all religions according to census and are very stringent about the 10% tithe. Iirc they also give aid to people without requiring that they attend their services, although they do use it as a tool for their missionary work -- just in a much less overt manner. It's sorta like checking your email with a webmail client and noticing a sudden influx of spam as a result of the web-bugs. You ask, they help, you see missionaries at your door every week or so for several months. I think most people are unaware that the LDS church provides any kind of charities tho because they don't advertise it -- the only way you know is if you ask the right member when you need help. I don't think even all their members are aware of it. I know because my mother's been an LDS member since I was a toddler.) > The original Jewish law was you had to give the money to > whomever > asked regardless of faith. I had a cousin that was down > and out many > years ago and her synagogue wouldn't help her so she went > to a nearby > church and they helped. > I guess these days you just need to ask around. > On 5/9/05, Dana wrote: >> I was terminally soured on this concept when I got wiped >> out in a >> flood in Texas and wound up having to talk to people who >> would not >> give me as much as a food box unless I attended a church >> service. >> Their church service of course. This is the usual >> practice, at least >> around San Antonio. It really bugs me because it assumes >> that 1) the >> person's actual problem is that they are not attending >> church (as >> opposed to FEMA having its thumb up its ass let's say) >> and that 2) >> attending the service will somwhow help. Not to mention >> that if I had >> been a practicing Catholic, I would have been committing >> a sin. >> >> Dana s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156865 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
