tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614377841902606532.post5734700368770605753..comments2023-05-11T13:24:54.236+01:00Comments on just Gai: Christian Aidjust Gaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410006899511613020noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614377841902606532.post-41983550061090769202008-05-22T23:55:00.000+01:002008-05-22T23:55:00.000+01:00From time to time I too have questioned the wisdom...From time to time I too have questioned the wisdom of including the word 'Christian' in the title. It could be misleading. However I always end up deciding that it's best left as it is, a practical expression of our Christian faith.<BR/><BR/>Christian Aid is unique in that envelopes are delivered prior to the door to door collection, allowing people the opportunity to find out more about how any money they donate will be used to help alleviate poverty.<BR/><BR/>Christian Aid is one of the most respected aid agencies in the UK and a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee where it works alongside Oxfam and other non-faith based NGOs. Its accounts are published and show that the majority of its income is spent on development and disaster relief.<BR/><BR/>So I'm afraid that I continue to be saddened/anxious/frustrated by what I perceive to be a growing tendency to put the preservation of our own lifestyle above the right of fellow human beings simply to survive. It's the poor, not Christian Aid, who suffers from our selfishness.<BR/><BR/>Slipping a few quid into an envelope would not have hurt any of the people down my street, and in fact, the one elderly man who might quite legitimately have pleaded poverty put his hand straight in his pocket as,I might add, he has always done.just Gaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410006899511613020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614377841902606532.post-23362833301840518032008-05-22T22:25:00.000+01:002008-05-22T22:25:00.000+01:00I'm wondering if there is something happening here...I'm wondering if there is something happening here other than simply being mean with money.<BR/><BR/>The reaction you describe seems to involve so many people, I wonder whether there is more happening here than simple meanness?<BR/><BR/>Could it be a reaction against charities with the word 'Christian' in the title?<BR/><BR/>Or that there has been such a spate of terrible disasters - people are left feeling there is so little we can do that the little we can do is pointless?<BR/><BR/>Susan HarwoodSusan Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459572012943654715noreply@blogger.com