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[DiabloLoco]

I just read this article- http://dont-tread-on.me/4-things-to-leave-behind-today/

Very interesting ideas.

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Religion
Having faith is good, but religion is a part of the system that drains your resources. Follow the Book of your choice, not the preachers nor the interpreters of translations of other translations.

Take Jesus: following his example makes you stronger. Following a sermon where a man like yourself tells you what another man like yourself meant in his epistle makes you weaker. Be Jesus. If you respect him, be his disciple, not a disciple of a disciple of a disciple of a disciple of someone else.

Esprit de corps
You were born alone, you will die alone, you live alone. Each of your decisions is yours only, even more so when you make them wearing a uniform. You must investigate every circumstance you are in, as there are plenty of people whose well-being is based on your ignorance and complacency.

Reverence
Nobody and nothing can be trusted unless it agrees with your heart and mind. This is why you have your own heart and your own mind: to tell you what is right and what is wrong. When you hear anyone tell you that you should trust her more than yourself, make sure you never see this person again. When anyone tells you that your desires are wrong because she says so, leave this place immediately. Nothing is to be taken for granted. Test everything and everyone. If they are worthy of your respect, your guts will tell you.

Charity
Never donate a penny to any charity. Never give your money to the likes of Greenpeace, Doctors against whatever, Hunger relief, Cancer research, nothing.

The last one, charity, is the one that i find most interesting. If you're going to give, know where you money is going.

The article gives you a lot to think about.

[knobster]

Good stuff.  Puts the ol' noodle to work.

[mouse]

Why not give to charity?

Sure there are a lot of registered "charities" that shouldn't be called "charities", and genuine charities where only a small fraction of what is donated actually reaches its targets.  However, there are some charities that are totally different and are deserving of everything they can get.

What about a charity that is set up to deal with a particular disaster in your own neighbourhood.  Say some of your neighbours were badly affected by a flood and you were unable to physically help them, then isn't giving them money (to hopefully get someone else to help them) the best thing that you can do?

I am a great believer that if you have something that you cannot use you should give it to someone who can and will use it.  I mean give it, not sell it.

[Mountain Prepper]

Why not give to charity?

Sure there are a lot of registered "charities" that shouldn't be called "charities", and genuine charities where only a small fraction of what is donated actually reaches its targets.  However, there are some charities that are totally different and are deserving of everything they can get.

What about a charity that is set up to deal with a particular disaster in your own neighbourhood.  Say some of your neighbours were badly affected by a flood and you were unable to physically help them, then isn't giving them money (to hopefully get someone else to help them) the best thing that you can do?

I am a great believer that if you have something that you cannot use you should give it to someone who can and will use it.  I mean give it, not sell it.

Organized “charity� is a fools errand, it is one of the most insipid delusions I can think of next to religion.

[jamie]

Why not give to charity?

Sure there are a lot of registered "charities" that shouldn't be called "charities", and genuine charities where only a small fraction of what is donated actually reaches its targets.  However, there are some charities that are totally different and are deserving of everything they can get.

What about a charity that is set up to deal with a particular disaster in your own neighbourhood.  Say some of your neighbours were badly affected by a flood and you were unable to physically help them, then isn't giving them money (to hopefully get someone else to help them) the best thing that you can do?

I am a great believer that if you have something that you cannot use you should give it to someone who can and will use it.  I mean give it, not sell it.

I am a believer in giving but only on a personal level. United Way and organizations like that are scams.

[Yuki]

Why not give to charity?

Sure there are a lot of registered "charities" that shouldn't be called "charities", and genuine charities where only a small fraction of what is donated actually reaches its targets.  However, there are some charities that are totally different and are deserving of everything they can get.

What about a charity that is set up to deal with a particular disaster in your own neighbourhood.  Say some of your neighbours were badly affected by a flood and you were unable to physically help them, then isn't giving them money (to hopefully get someone else to help them) the best thing that you can do?

I am a great believer that if you have something that you cannot use you should give it to someone who can and will use it.  I mean give it, not sell it.

I am a believer in giving but only on a personal level. United Way and organizations like that are scams.

We need a like button....

[Mountain Prepper]

Why not give to charity?

Sure there are a lot of registered "charities" that shouldn't be called "charities", and genuine charities where only a small fraction of what is donated actually reaches its targets.  However, there are some charities that are totally different and are deserving of everything they can get.

What about a charity that is set up to deal with a particular disaster in your own neighbourhood.  Say some of your neighbours were badly affected by a flood and you were unable to physically help them, then isn't giving them money (to hopefully get someone else to help them) the best thing that you can do?

I am a great believer that if you have something that you cannot use you should give it to someone who can and will use it.  I mean give it, not sell it.

I am a believer in giving but only on a personal level. United Way and organizations like that are scams.

We need a like button....

We do, it is “quote� in the upper right hand side of the post and you can reply with as much “like� as you wish.

One of the good things about the boards here is the simple nature and the lack of “drama� that crap can cause.

[Yuki]

Why not give to charity?

Sure there are a lot of registered "charities" that shouldn't be called "charities", and genuine charities where only a small fraction of what is donated actually reaches its targets.  However, there are some charities that are totally different and are deserving of everything they can get.

What about a charity that is set up to deal with a particular disaster in your own neighbourhood.  Say some of your neighbours were badly affected by a flood and you were unable to physically help them, then isn't giving them money (to hopefully get someone else to help them) the best thing that you can do?

I am a great believer that if you have something that you cannot use you should give it to someone who can and will use it.  I mean give it, not sell it.

I am a believer in giving but only on a personal level. United Way and organizations like that are scams.

We need a like button....

We do, it is “quote� in the upper right hand side of the post and you can reply with as much “like� as you wish.

One of the good things about the boards here is the simple nature and the lack of “drama� that crap can cause.

I've never seen a like button cause anything other than smiles before...

[CarlBielenberg77]

Setting up a recurring donation that goes out of your checking account every month to a faceless organization is not nearly as meaningful as helping an individual you know with a specific need. But only of those is tax deductible. Just sayin...

Also, I never miss an opportunity to turn people onto this website where you can donate money to specific public school teachers and completely bypass the school administration. www.donorchoose.org. Very cool.

[MamaLiberty]

Also, I never miss an opportunity to turn people onto this website where you can donate money to specific public school teachers and completely bypass the school administration. www.donorchoose.org. Very cool.

Why would I want to "donate" to a public school teacher? They've been sucking my blood for 50 years.

[cowardly lion]

Organized charity is *almost* as bad as organized religion.

cl

[Hutch]

I just read this article- http://dont-tread-on.me/4-things-to-leave-behind-today/

Linky no worky

Hutch

[khyeron]

Charity, if one does the research, say Greenpeace, is run by the genocidal maniacs who want to reduce human populations by 90+%.  It actually runs on that platform.  Are you sure you're in the 10-% ?  Willing to donate money to find out?  Sure, Greenpeace is run with slogans to make you feel good, but in reality, its no different than the Ford or Carnegie foundations and others of that ilk.  Very humanitarian, but their definition of what is human is different than yours or mine (well maybe not too far from what mine is.)  Either way, are you sure you wish to send your money to people who may well be using it as contributions to the war chests of people only too happy to be wiping you off the face of the world?  If you want to save the world, go plant a tree!  Plant twenty!  Do it yourself.  Cheaper and more fulfilling.  And if nothing else, you'll have fruit or a lot of lumber 20 years from now.

[scarmig]

Charity, if one does the research, say Greenpeace, is run by the genocidal maniacs who want to reduce human populations by 90+%.  It actually runs on that platform.  Are you sure you're in the 10-% ?  Willing to donate money to find out?  Sure, Greenpeace is run with slogans to make you feel good, but in reality, its no different than the Ford or Carnegie foundations and others of that ilk.  Very humanitarian, but their definition of what is human is different than yours or mine (well maybe not too far from what mine is.)  Either way, are you sure you wish to send your money to people who may well be using it as contributions to the war chests of people only too happy to be wiping you off the face of the world?  If you want to save the world, go plant a tree!  Plant twenty!  Do it yourself.  Cheaper and more fulfilling.  And if nothing else, you'll have fruit or a lot of lumber 20 years from now.

I'm confused, and tired and probably missing something.  Did someone recommend giving to Greenpeace?

Anyway, I do have two charities, one is my children's private school, so I know where that is going.  And the other is to an organization attempting to free up permission for medicinal study and use of Schedule I substances.  (Yes I know, and agree, that everyone should be free to take anything they want.  Sometimes we fight multiple fronts.)  This is only partially to forward their cause, but is equally about putting myself on record as supporting medicinal use of these substances, in the event I ever need to make that claim and someone doubts it.

[khyeron]

The op stated "never give to any like greenpeace, etc."

I simply clarified where such an organization puts its money to work (aka donors' money.)