In Reply to: Re: Unfortunate Truths posted by Mr. Don on March 30, 2006 at 18:05:15:
It's quite predictable that you would quote that verse to me. I was in TF after all. But I'll give you some slack as it seems you may be just trying to put into practice some of that preacher's training you're getting. Good luck with that.
Here’s a few quick links I tracked down to answer your question about non-Christian philanthropy:
Buddhist philanthropy
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/women_world.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/sars/65163.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Yen
Humanist philanthropy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corliss_Lamont
http://www.ronaldbrucemeyer.com/rants/1125almanac.htm
http://www.sloan.org/sloanbio.shtml
Muslim Philanthropy
http://www.beaconfellowship.org.uk/biography2003_06.asp
I’ve gotta run, but you can find many more Muslim philantropists as well. They exist for the most part in a world unfamiliar to most of us, so it’s a bit harder to find them, but they exist nonetheless and are perhaps just as numerous as Christian philantropists.