well, at the midnight mission (as told by my sometimes homeless friend) you have to listen to the sermon before you get the supper.

and then there's mother teresa. her charity is about baptisms.

so whom is the charitable giving / tithing really benefitting?

reminds me of the aids charity run by dionne warwick, which had "overhead" of about 75 cents on the dollar.

charity does seem real popular among robber barons, especially in their declining years, when they start to worry about their reputations. (maybe an insurance policy for the afterlife?)

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