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To: wastoute

You are indeed simple if you don’t understand that having the State take people’s property from them to give to someone the State likes better is what is called charity today. Your soul will be fine as long as you demand the State use bigger and better instruments of force to take more and more property from others.


10 posted on 07/07/2015 5:37:40 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70
Giving to charities often has its drawbacks: one may unwittingly be supporting a charity which in turn may support a charity which is against what we as Catholics believe. United Way, for example supports Planned Parenthood, at least in some parts of the US.

Once again, look in your own back yard. People you know may be suffering from poverty without your knowing it. Not tax deductible; not something one gets their name in the paper for, or a plaque presented to them. What they will receive is the gratitude of the other party; the knowledge that they've helped someone; perhaps a lifelong friendship, and the blessing of Almighty God Who sees all things great and small.

19 posted on 07/07/2015 10:09:51 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Those who smile like nothing's wrong are fighting a battle you know nothing about. -Thomas More)
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