Wednesday, June 29, 2005
# 7: Does God Need our Money?
Would God help with the material needs of the helpless? Yes, if He had a physical body. You and I are meant to be the ones with His physical body. But, to help with one’s material needs is not a means in itself. That is only putting one’s foot in the door, as it were, so that we can give them the real help they may not be aware of: Jesus Christ. Sadly, once we start to mention Christ, they think we are going to pump religion into them. Most often, the result is they take our physical goodies and reject the rest.
Many of us will say, “I give regularly to my church and they will help the needy in the name of God.” That is a lot of baloney. After all the salaries and administration fees are cared for, after all the utilities bills etc. are paid, after all these church expenses are paid for, which eats up the biggest share, the rest will go to propagate their church’s propaganda. After that, if there is any of your money leftover, it will go to help their missionaries and possibly an orphanage or two.
Now, what about helping (loving) our neighbor as ourselves? This is the part of religion that is appalling: just give to your church to keep them from going into the red. Without a doubt, God’s most potent enemies are not people like Jeffery Dammar, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Hitler, members of Al-Qaeda, or the cruelest of atheists, we know they are/were evil, but religious leaders (wolves, dressed up in sheep’s clothing) who every Sunday keep spewing holybull . . . .
By adding self-promotion(“God desires His people to be prosperous”)to Christ’s teaching, they have made the root of all sin a holy crucible. The religious are the ones who have made the beautiful name of Jesus Christ into a cuss word for the world, especially Muslims, to vent their anger on our Christ and His true followers. You wonder why this blog is chief in exposing the anti-religious.
Then there are atheists who will not acknowledge God or Christ as their Creator, and still truly love others much more than some “Christians”do. This action is good for the physical welfare of the needy, but at the same time it is an insult and injury to God. That kindness most likely won’t lead the needy to their Creator. That giving, which America is full of, has no eternal value. In reality, it isn’t much more than caring for a needy pet.
To sum up, our material giving should be done in a personal way, whenever possible (meeting the needy face to face) and always with a Godly motive (bringing people to the reality of God) to be of lasting value. This does not include caring for self and family; even pagans do that. Get involved. Let’s hear from you, either positive or negative comments. Without your input, this blog is meaningless.
