--- In [email protected], "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Generosity is the giving of your time and talents to help improve the lives of > others. I would say MMY passes that test to all but the most cynical observers. > It seems that you see no value at all in what he has done. I would call you a > TN (true nonbeliever), which is a bit like being a TB in the sense that you have > to ignore huge swaths of evidence in order to maintain your point of view, > come hell or high water.
I agree that generosity is the giving of, ones time and talents to help improve the lives of others. And IMO even focussing of ones talents on helping others is laudible. Whether one receives nothing, something modest, something substantial for that focus is not so relevant. Though it may be a further sign of generosity, that if one is generously renumberated for focusing ones time and talents to help improve the lives of others, that part or all of that renumeration is also shared. Take Oprah. Though not my cup of tea in some regards, it seems clear she is focussed on helping others. That she makes billions doing so is not a crime. Nor does it diminsh from the good results from her focus. That she gives away tens of millions in causes that also help others, is another wave of good will. Ted Turner is another example. He paved the way for world-wide, instant news (while it currently has it excesses, overall it is a great development, IMO.) And he had given much of his fortune away. Over one billion I think to the UN. A similar case could be made for Bill Gates. Certainly he is giving away most of his fortune. Though somemight argue that the focus of Microsoft was not to help people. I disagree, but reasonable people can have different views. Bill Gates might be another > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 23, 2005, at 12:28 PM, feste37 wrote: > > > > > How about, teaching TM around the world to many thousands of people > > > and > > > changing their lives for the better? > > > > If it were for free, that would be generous. I honestly doubt if he > > were so generous as you claim, he wouldn't be a billionaire nor have > > time to be the workaholic CEO type. > > > > I wonder how much was given to the Tsunami victims or the victims of > > 9/11 by him? > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
