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[JohnR7]

Originally posted by TheBear
Hey John, why don't you disclose your own financial situation, and how you benifit from a trust fund? 

You know, that is kinda interesting. My grandmother had a great aunt that was married to a man in Chicago. He was an investor. One story I heard was he invested in a old carpet from a dentist office. Paid about $10 for it. As it turns out, they managed to extract about $1000 worth of gold and silver from it.

Anyways, this guy dies and leaves all of his money to his wife. Then three months later she dies and she has no close living relatives, only a few distant ones. As it turns out, my grandmother ended up getting a good sized chunk of change from a distant relative that she really did not even know.

Over the years, my grandmother lived on SOME of the interest from the investment. She really did not spend that much money. So the investment kept growing. Then it went to my mom. Then, well, I don't want to give away the whole story. But I think you can see, that money is sort of a fluke. Or it is God's provision?

Eccles. 2:26b to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God.

The way it works out is the trust department at the bank will review the trust and then they send out a letter to the executer and say you need to distribute XXX number of dollars from this trust, or the government will take it in taxes.

 

 

[JohnR7]

Originally posted by Late_Cretaceous
There was an article in the newspaper this weekend about how India produces enough food to feed it's population. However, people in certain regions are still starving.

Could be. But the people I am working with say they have some land, and people who are willing to work. But they do not have the money to buy the machinery. All they can do is scratch at the ground with hand tools and that is not very efficient.

I have heard some stories about rich land owners in India who do not have much compassion for the poor. It is all about greed and making money.

 

[John MacNeil]

It's not likely the world will ever run out of productive farmland, unless global warming turns much of it into a desert. There are plenty of golf courses and parking lots on prime farmland. When hunger becomes acute, plenty of things that are considered essential now will suddenly seem frivolous.

 

[Risen Tree]

Did you know that the latest research is implying that global warming is a myth?

 

[TheBear]

Originally posted by JohnR7
You know, that is kinda interesting. My grandmother had a great aunt that was married to a man in Chicago. He was an investor. One story I heard was he invested in a old carpet from a dentist office. Paid about $10 for it. As it turns out, they managed to extract about $1000 worth of gold and silver from it.

Anyways, this guy dies and leaves all of his money to his wife. Then three months later she dies and she has no close living relatives, only a few distant ones. As it turns out, my grandmother ended up getting a good sized chunk of change from a distant relative that she really did not even know.

Over the years, my grandmother lived on SOME of the interest from the investment. She really did not spend that much money. So the investment kept growing. Then it went to my mom. Then, well, I don't want to give away the whole story. But I think you can see, that money is sort of a fluke. Or it is God's provision?

Eccles. 2:26b to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God.

The way it works out is the trust department at the bank will review the trust and then they send out a letter to the executer and say you need to distribute XXX number of dollars from this trust, or the government will take it in taxes.

 

It's kind of different 'giving away' money that you never worked for, or earned in the first place, isn't it? That's my point.

 

[JohnR7]

Originally posted by TheBear
It's kind of different 'giving away' money that you never worked for, or earned in the first place, isn't it? That's my point.

It's different, because it is harder to give away money you did not work for. There is more of a temption toward being selfish and greedy, and not wanting to use it to help others. The harder I work for something, the more I want to use it to help others.

The advantage to having a income, is I can travel and do missionary work, without having to raise the funds for it. To many people are in ministry today for the gold or for the glory when it should be a work of love. Our love for God & for our fellow man.

 

[Willowolf]

Hey, guys, you're really onto something here. Good discussion.
I was born in Uruguay South America. I've seen poverty and hunger. All my friends are poor, and have no hope. Let me give you four reasons why this has happened.
1) They can't help it (parents were poor, grandparents were poor, etc.)
2) The government doesn't care (the public school system is free, but the teachers don't care about the children)
3) We don't care enough (I have shared my money, food, and bed with these people; but still more is needed. Poverty doesn't go away with love).
Me and my family are missionaries in Uruguay. Please visit us sometime if you want to learn how to help the poor, hungry and desperate: God's Word and God's Love.
God Bless, Willowolf : )

Oh, and by the way. If all the people in India are starving, how come all their "Holy" cows are Fat?

 

[seebs]

The reason people starve is almost never "there isn't enough food". It's "there isn't enough infrastructure to distribute food", or "there isn't enough compassion in the politicians".