What grinds my gears: Religious charities

Well, I have finally got around to the ranting I promised over something like 2 weeks ago. The title of these rants will probably fall under the current one due to popular demand (not my own demand). Hopefully it will be the content that stirs the soul rather than the cheap rip-off of the comedy show Family Guy in the title.

This particular rant (and probably many others in the future) will be about religion and also about charity. Before people lose their rag however it is not some super controversial anti-charity post by a therefore obvious God hating, evil sub-human. Though if you do think like that I hope I will change the way your scary mind work. Am I aiming too high there?

Charity in a perfect world would not be needed, but in our world it looks like it always will be. Although charity could be seen as just helping a friend in need, I am talking more of the non-profit organizations working for the benefit of other fellow humans across the globe. Just donating to a charity is a simple and easy way to show you do care about those who are less fortunate than yourself and are making an effort to readdress this situation. Of course I shouldn’t have to remind anyone about this, nor should I need to remind anyone that using charity to boost others opinion of yourself is an abhorrent act of selfishness that spits in the face of a usually selfless act.

So this leads me quite nicely on to religious charities. (more…)