Basically, I stick by what I said lah. I choose who to give to. This includes effort.

I only give money to certain organizations. I click daily online only on The Literacy Site. Not any other sites (eg. The Breast Cancer Site, The Hunger Site etc.) I volunteer only at certain places.

A person can only do so much. We have to be wise with what we want to invest in.

There had been too many articles talking about fake monks, beggers working for syndicates etc etc, so I wouldn’t give them anything based on my belief that they are all fakes.

Which brings to this question : What would Jesus do?

< blockquote> Jesus probably wouldn’t judge a conman prior to finding out whether he is a conman or not. So what if he cons me off. How much would I get con off? ]]> http://www.minishorts.net/2007/04/27/noticed-these/#comment-62035 Jeff from LA Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:10:10 +0000 http://www.minishorts.net/2007/04/27/noticed-these/#comment-62035 I think you point out something very significant - that religion need not be something that divides us if we don't choose to let it do so. I was a member of the Interfaith Council at my university. Every week, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Atheists, Jainists, Bahai, and Hindus met together and discussed religious topics and worked on building the bonds between the followers of our respective religions. (Well, I'm not sure if Atheism counts as a religion or philosophy, but they were represented) I have never met people I have more respected than the members of the faiths represented at the Council. Every week I felt inspired to learn from these people. I think if everyone really was willing to put as much effort into learning about the bonds we share with other religions rather than the distinctions that separated us, religion could be something that could strengthen all of us instead of divide us. I think you point out something very significant - that religion need not be something that divides us if we don’t choose to let it do so. I was a member of the Interfaith Council at my university. Every week, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Atheists, Jainists, Bahai, and Hindus met together and discussed religious topics and worked on building the bonds between the followers of our respective religions. (Well, I’m not sure if Atheism counts as a religion or philosophy, but they were represented) I have never met people I have more respected than the members of the faiths represented at the Council. Every week I felt inspired to learn from these people.

I think if everyone really was willing to put as much effort into learning about the bonds we share with other religions rather than the distinctions that separated us, religion could be something that could strengthen all of us instead of divide us.

Just thought I let y’all know.

Have a great weekend.

Good post mini, can’t comment much, but as always i agree with your observation and you have once again put it so well, straight to the point without beating around the bush. I myself also need to reflect- in terms of judging other religions, and it is clear that it is not OUR job to say who is going to heaven or who is doing good, etc, etc, the job belongs to God, and let God do His job.

Our lives are the best advertisement about one’s belief. Stepping down on other religion is a very common thing to do nowadays, sad but true. So what it says about us who do that? Nothing, it only speaks one belief in a negative way.

Jesus loves all including the monks. That story is really inspiring.

Opps, say no time to comment so much, end up write a short essay..hahahha..sorry..hehe..

Bless you, mini.

Sunshine very yucky, “bei tahan”.

alvin

i’m not trying to convince you anything. just have faith on your belief (i believe you do) and don’t be too hard on yourself. ^____^

Well honey, if you haven’t noticed already, this is my blog and therefore here I am queen. it just so happens that i felt that you were being deliberately provocative. I’m being ‘difficult’ because you’re being stupid and ignorant when you say this: ‘you cannot denied it is the main reason to be a christian. ‘

if you don’t know anything about a religion, the best thing you can do is to say you don’t know and then ask. the worst thing you can do is to jump up with some stupid claim like ‘you cannot deny it is the main reason to be Christian’. don’t jump to conclusions. now please do some minimal research and then, we can ‘talk’. if you’re intent on continuing this blatant display of ignorance, i won’t be polite for the sake of being kind.

I would have turned away the monk. I call it practicality. I give to my church, you see. From there, we will do good works. If I started giving out money to every charity on the street, I’d be poor in a week. So I’m not ashamed of the fact that I give selectively.

I’m being provocative here I know, but let me pre-suppose something else. If you visited another church, my church for example, and a box came around telling you that it’s for missions… would you support it?Or say if you walk past a charity box at the supermarket, saying it’s for Shelter (it’s an NGO but Christian-related home for children), you would walk away right? If the person standing beside you was asking donations for a Christian mission, so what would you have done?