Obama's charity

[TRFrance]

Originally Posted by ChristopherHall

You’re welcome. As Christians, we should always do our best to present things as they are and words as they were intended.

IT'S AN IMPOSTER!!!

Excuse me sir... who are you? And why are you posing as Chris Hall?
What have you done with Chris!!??

[Sam]

Originally Posted by jaxfam6

Now Sam you can broad brush the political world all you want but do not broad brush the Christian world....

It was not my intent to broad brush the Christian world. From 1992 until about 2 years ago I went to a large Vineyard Church. During that time I was on various prayer teams, spent 5 years as a pastor on call, and participated in Saturday outreach. The Vineyard is an evangelical church but would be considered ultra liberal on what we refer to here as "standards." That church was very giving. They gave their old church building ($800,000 to an African American congregation that was not part of their organization). They have given away "members" and paid "staff" to establish churches in nearby areas. They have a food pantry, do finance training and job training to help people, have a nurse and clinic for limited health care help, etc. I currently attend a church called The Hamilton Dream Center. Again, from the viewpoint of this forum it would be considered Charismatic and liberal on standards (I've taught mid week Bible study in shorts, sandals, and a tee shirt) but again, this is a very giving church although most of the people who go there also need help.

I think according to Matthew 25:31-46 the church is to be a giving institution.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by ChristopherHall

In fairness, how much did McCain give to charity? I'm just curious. I know he's one of the more better off members of Congress. I'm willing to wager he's given quite a bit in all honesty.

I have no idea what McCain's financial worth or his charitable giving are. Nor do I know how much the Clintons make or how much they give to charity. Same with Dubya. I don't know this stuff about him either.

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by Sam

Barack Hussein Obama has released financial records. This is an excerpt showing how giving they are:

The Obamas also became more charitable as their incomes grew larger. In 2000, the couple gave $2,350 to charity, or about 1 percent of their total gross income.

In 2006, they donated $60,307 to charities, or about 6 percent of their gross income.

In 2005, the Obamas note a $5,000 donation to the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where the controversial Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., was Obama's pastor. If Obama tithed more regularly to the church, there's no record of it in these tax returns.

Isn't it odd that his giving levels seem to go hand-in-hand with his aspirations to be President? Where was the giving before that? Yet he is more than willing to take my income and distribute it, not only to those who cannot work, but to those who will not work. He is willing to have forced charity (redistribution of wealth) but until recently seemed pretty unwilling to redistribute much of his own.