Yep, that was the only part about the story that made me cringe as well. A lot of that money is put to very good use by churches/parishes that are doing a TON of good for their community...but there is some waste and some quackery going on there too, i'm sure.
All and all though....good to see us giving in record numbers. On 6/26/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How much of this went to line the pockets of bogus evangelicals > though. $95 billion went towards religious organizations, about 1/3 > of the total.......and I'm a little leary of a lot, not all, but a lot > of religious orgs. > > > > On 6/26/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Americans donated almost twice as much to charity (per GDP) as the next > > closest country, the UK: > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm > > > > Here's to compassionate capitalism...... > > > > -- > > Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense > of > > decency? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:237356 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
