George arlington has a sick child and is asking for monetary donations. Truth or Fiction?
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It appears that it isn't true. Personally, I hate finding out something like this isn't true and is being spread around via the email like wildfire, each person trying to do something good......The link below explains the origins of the email, variations, etc....
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God hears all prayers, he just doesn't answer those that aren't in harmony with His plan (If you're asking for $1,000,000 it's not going to happen by His hand because it's not part of His plan. If you're asking for help to scrape by one more day, He's going to help out.)\nMy experience: My husband and I were coming home from Church (We're JW's) and we stopped at a McD's on our way home (I was pregnant and craving food). A woman came up to us and asked for some help, she told us that her car broke down on her trip to FL.(where we lived at the time) and she lost all her money getting her car fixed and doesn't have enough to get home and asked for a few bucks to help her get home in GA. All we had left for the week was $19 (it was Tuesday, my hubby doesn't get paid until friday, and that $19 was just enough to get us through the week for gas and food (I didn't work at the time because of complications with my pregnancy, so it was just his paycheck that we were living off of) I offered the woman all we had and she offered to pay us back. We told her not to worry about it. My husband (who can be pessimistic) was a bit worried that we wouldn't have enough to make it through the week, I told him not to worry & that God provides (Matthew 6:26) for what we need. Needless to say our night didn't end there (there were a few more things that made the night interesting) Well, my husband went to work the next day and wanted to tell his co-workers of the night he had (without expecting anything from them, he told them) Graciously, his Manager gave us $40 as a friend giving money to a friend.\n\nI know it sounds upsetting..."Why give a strange woman money, she could be lying to you." or "That wasn't a very good choice, it was all you had."\n\nWe gave out of our hearts (whether the woman was lying to us or not, we gave the money to her with the thought that we were helping her get home) If she lied to us, then she'll get what she deserves.\nMy point is this: don't make yourself into poverty to see what God will do for you, but life comes along and makes things difficult. If you ask Him to help dealing with persecution, or making through the week because of an unforseen circumstance (Matthew 6:26) He will help you. But you must also be patient, keep you're mind open and remember that some prayers aren't answered for a reason (whatever it may be)\n\n(P.S. there are many prayers I have asked, not all of them have been answered (yet, I'm still waiting))
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Pat Robertson said, in his book  New World Order, that he could have won the Vietnam war if they'd have let him. Jerry Falwell said in a form letter he mailed out to widows on pensions, written on Bond paper, by the way, and only used one side of each of the dozen or so sheets,  that he had been given a plan by God to "fix" America, but that if his current fiscal responsibilities weren't met, i.e., if enough money didn't get contributed, then, "God's plan cannot be implemented."  God's hands are tied if his humongous, extravagant, wasteful and bigoted panhandlers can't coerce enough gullible deiphobes into paying off their mansions and astronomical stationery bills?  I want to go to Heaven just so I don't have to spend eterniy around Jerry Falwell!
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Is this another one of those spontaneous virgin birth scams?\n\nLove and blessings Don
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In one of the largest sums ever donated to charity by a U.S. public official, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne gave away nearly $7 million last year to help the poor and to medical research.\n\nAccording to income tax information released by the White House on Friday, the Cheneys' adjusted gross income in 2005 was $8,819,006.\n\nhe Cheneys gave more than three-quarters of their income - $6,869,655 - to several charities, including George Washington University's Cardiothoracic Institute and a charity for low-income high school students in the Washington, D.C. area, Capital Partners for Education.\n\nThe Cheneys' charitable generosity stands in marked contrast to that of their predecessors, whose sometimes stingy donations became a national embarrassment.\n\nIn 1997 for instance, Al and Tipper Gore contributed just $353 to charity, a sum that raised eyebrows even in friendly media circles.\n\nThe Los Angeles Times noted, for instance, that the Gores' slender donation "caused some bewilderment in philanthropic circles because of the vice president's 'good guy' image as an advocate for public service and social causes."\n\nThe same year the Gores gave $353 to charity, they reported $197,729 in adjusted gross income.
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I don't know the answer to this question. \n\nOh, sure, I have "head" answers that would seem to make sense; but I've never experienced this situation and learned wisdom from having gone through it.\n\nI do have a child with cystic fibrosis, but his genetic illness is not recognizable except by all the medicines he takes and treatments he follows; otherwise, you would not know that he was even "sick."\n\nSo to me this is very different from a horrendously formed child with lots of physical difficulties. (Maybe we're talking spina bifida here, or multiple schlerosis, or Down's syndrome, or something worse in terms of impact.) \n\nObviously the "religiously correct" answer is to believe that God is in control, that everything works out for the best, that he will give strength to endure, that the child will be a blessing no matter how long he or she lives (days or years maybe).\n\nIt's one thing to make this judgment for oneself and one's own family. It's another matter to cricitize another human being when  one does not have anything at stake. How on earth can I tell someone ELSE what they should do? I can encourage them, offer my support and time, pray and cry with them, share their grief, but I'll be d*mned myself if I'm going to condemn them or give them a pat answer. \n\nThat's why most answers by people to questions like this bother me. They don't see a problem with telling someone else faced with an emotionally devastating prolonged situation what they should and should not do about it.\n\nAnyway, if I were in that situation, I would pray that I and my wife would have the strength to do whatever God told us to do. I would be begging God for mercy and understanding and peace. I would be begging for healing for my child... or at least a sense of blessing.\n\nI have heard the stories of some parents who have pushed forward in the face of such things. Some stories end tragically, others end up transforming everyone involved in positive ways. Those stories are a testimony to God's grace and goodness in the light of what appears to be tragedy. Such experiences change us forever.\n\nI've known people with mental deficiences who, despite not being able to communicate well, still manage to exude love and compassion for others to the best of their ability, setting examples for others to follow. Sometimes they can also be hard to deal with, due to emotional outbursts and the problems of physically caring for them. \n\nIt's not all an "inspirational Disney movie" such as we would like to portray it... but there are high and low points, and people are people, and you just take what comes at you and deal with it.\n\nJust was reminded of my visit to the orphanage in China when we adopted our daughter... there was a whole room of babies with cleft palates, who had been abandoned because of that condition. It's easily treatable over here ($200?); over there it's devastating. Some of the children were abandoned simply because the parents knew they could not afford treatment but the government might be able to. \n\nI remember how close I was to weeping, being in that room full of these kids -- and that one's nothing compared to some of the things we are discussing here. Again, parents must decide what they believe, and then push through no matter what, taking whatever comes along the way.
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I'm asking for my money (donation) back if he starts with that s***..umm stuff.
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I think about that more often than I care to admit. Perhaps the choice is made by buying my child designer clothes instead of sending the money to a charity that would feed the thousands of not millions of children that are shown in the news or on those TV charity programs. Now that is something to think about.  So I would have to say, for now my loved one. But tomorrow, perhaps the 1,000.
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Hey, why not donate the money you'd have spent to charity?\n\nSalvation Army, local food banks, St. Jude's Hospital, Operation Gratitude (or other veteran charities) are good places that help people.\n\nMy conservative family was never big on buying lots of stuff for Xmas - or any other time, either, but always spent on charity. My wife's liberal family spends lots and lots on stuff, but rarely thinks about charitable donations. Hmmm.....
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Robertson and Falwell are exactly what this country needs! Two men of the scripture, working together to save America from the Heathens.\n\nRemember how Jerry claimed that if he didn't get a million dollars the Lord was gonna call him home? Well, Jerry could use that same tactic and raise enough money to get our coffers back up to a surplus. Also, he would finally bring an end to the subversive teletubbies.\n\nAnd Robertson, well, he would know exactly who we should assassinate because he'd go after anyone who ruled a country and wasn't right with the lord! \n\nYes sir, these are the brightest stars American Christians have to point to as pillars of their faith. \n\nFor my money, throw in Swaggart as a special liaison with the House Ethics Committee and Jim Baker as Treasury Secretary, and THAT would be a winning government!
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They're FAKE?!?!?!\nThen who is getting all the money I sent to the man who needed a kidney for his puppy?
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There are so many deserving charities out there I would rather you donated it along with your $10 to somebody that is truly in need.  God Bless!
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Sometimes peoples willingness to help might surprise you, specially around the christmas season, but you gotta realize also that people are very untrusting nowadays, I would say to raffle rather cheap items and state that the proceeds will go to this family in need. Try to contact the media, or your local radio stations, they migth be willing to help. Hope i was of some help, Really wish you the best, i hope you do get to help out this family
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Someone who donates money to help people.
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Hard to tell. It may have been a genuine impulse, but what's interesting is who is actually going to be caring for this child. She didn't bring it home to England. She won't be changing diapers and spooning pablum into his mouth. She won't even be talking to him, because he doesn't know English and she doesn't speak his language. It's also interesting that she says he will return at intervals to visit his father, but he'll be speaking English by then, and won't even understand his father's language. Or the customs of the country. Or know any of his relatives. \nI think for the money Madonna has spent, she would have been better off to give some direct support to the orphanage so that David, and a hundred other children, could have a better life.
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only if they made it clear at the beginning of the asking of donations that they intended to purchase school property. I'm hguessing they didn't because who would agree with that? I suggest calling the newspaper or television news. When someone shows up and starts asking them about this I am sure they will change their minds
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Yes, i think many people would donate - one thing i have\ndiscovered is that no one will donate if they don't know\nthat you are out there, so ADVERTISE!  Maybe in stores,\nchurches, daycare centers, etc. - with a flyer (min.cost)\nand you will probably get loads of responses!\n\nGood luck - great idea - many families to appreciate your\nefforts!