“The moral systems of religion, I think, are super important. We’ve raised our kids in a religious way; they’ve gone to the Catholic church that Melinda goes to and I participate in. I’ve been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that’s kind of a religious belief. I mean, it’s at least a moral belief,” Gates says in an interview with Rolling Stone in the March 27 issue of the magazine.
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Many years ago I was involved in a charity fund raising event w/ Bill Gates SR and Bill Gates JR. I can’t say I ‘know’ either men in the sense of knowing what is in their hearts. I also cannot defend or decry Microsoft. What I can say, through my own observation, is both of the Gate’s men appeared passionate about helping others.
What I took from the passage above is that Melinda Gates is the Catholic and is raising their children as Catholics...and Bill ‘supports’ the decision but doesn’t call himself a Catholic. I also interpreted his comments about faith and science to say that there are mysteries or unknowns that cannot be explained with science. Further Gates believes ‘faith’ or religion is a ‘good’ way to explain the unknowns and he and his wife use faith based teachings to instill the need to help others.
I don’t know, but I believe that Gates did not set up his foundation as a tax dodge...but even if he did, I don’t care. I will never know, but I would think it would be challenging as a mega wealthy person to raise children if those children did not have a strong moral upbringing. I think having faith and following a charitable path is not a BAD thing.
Their #1 project is achieving universal hormonal disorder for every female.
He’s got 76 Billion Dollars. If he was as charitable as possible, and still wanted all the money he could possibly spend, he might have held onto a few tens of millions or a few hundreds of millions, but the rest would be out saving lives, not growing in some fund.
Seems to me, anyway.