Who gets the rewards of charity?

[magsmay]

I was listening to someone on the radio talking about giving to charity and how it was not HOW much you gave, but what percentage of your income you were giving. An example was a millionaire giving £100 to charity and a 'pauper' giving their last penny. The 'pauper' would be actually giving much more than the wealthy man. They then went on to say Mother Theresa preached that to truthfully give to charity you had to give until it hurt -give more than you could afford, otherwise it was not charity. This got me thinking -who then is in receipt of this charity? Because if EVERYONE is expected to give -even the poorest of people -does it mean those in receipt of charity are expected to give it back or they won't go to heaven , be redeemed or whatever their religious beliefs (if any) tell them?? Surely the 'pauper' giving their last penny to charity should be the very person the charity is helping? I realise some of the statements in religious books are out of date with sentences like 'pauper' etc. but surely this would be akin to someone giving their last groceries to a food bank -then having to go to the food bank to be able to feed their family?

[tamborine]

Red Cross indeed are an excellent charity and they dont demand contraception or abortion as you expected of MT. The Red Cross spend a lot on advertising; donated monies I guess.

The OP is about M.Theresa.

[tamborine]

Personal insults aint debating Birdie, dear ;)

[naomi24]

Tamborine, I can't see any personal insults in Birdie's post. He doesn't know what you're talking about and he's asking if you are being deliberately obtuse. If you think that's an insult you should see what he says to me!

[tamborine]

me obtuse birdie, but I do know how to spell Northern Ireland.

What evidence have you for your derogatory claims against MT, especially the legal claim.

[ummmm]

So instead of using the donated money to feed the poor and buy medication 'Mother' Teresa used it to try and convert people to Catholicism. How sweet and caring.

[tamborine]

Birdies link: What's the alternative for the dispossesed? If medical facilities were available to beggars (adults & children) then MT homes would empty. Donations received by any charity are rarely questioned as to their source.

MTheresa is dead but the missions still operate. I'm informed they're self supporting. Links above for more info.

[naomi24]

Birdie, //I think it's fair to say that you give as good as you get! ;-) //

I attack the message - not the messenger. You overstep the boundary.

[tamborine]

Birdie, Hitchens:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens

Hitchens began his break from the established political left after what he called the "tepid reaction" of the Western left to the Rushdie Affair. The September 11 attacks "exhilarated" him, strengthening his internationalist embrace of an interventionist foreign policy

My choice is better than to follow an egotistical maniac who died of smokes & alcohol, earned no doubt by disseminating the famed. Its a shame he didn't put the same energy into human suffering.

As his brother Peter says "he's an idiot" who even denies his jewish geneology. Yep, give me a break - you follow the sheep birdie, my world suits me.

[jomifl]

You can't believe smokers and drinkers, they are probably Irish catholic priests.

[naomi24]

Tamborine, according to your link Christopher called his brother an idiot – not the other way around – and could you please show me the reference to his denial of his Jewish ancestry? I can’t see it there.

// My choice is better than to follow an egotistical maniac….//

But that’s exactly what you ARE doing.

[ummmm]

Birdie - don't waste your typing, honestly, you won't get a coherent debate.

[tamborine]

Am not interested in Hitchens further. He is not a charity, which is the point of this thread. A local family has a volunteer in MTs missions & I support through them.

[naomi24]

Tamborine, you might support it, but that doesn't make the organisation or its founder squeaky clean. It isn't - and she wasn't.