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Or they wouldn't donate.All philanthropists make more than they donate. Every single one.
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Or they wouldn't donate.All philanthropists make more than they donate. Every single one.
It's still charity. He's just not impoverishing himself as much as you'd like him to.The well one is another interesting video…
He spent between 200-500k doing the project, but generated 2-3 million in revenue from the video. So, again, investment more than charity, which is fine and good, but it should be called what it is.
They don’t, though.All philanthropists make more than they donate. Every single one.
Thats not what I’m saying, but ok.It's still charity. He's just not impoverishing himself as much as you'd like him to.
If you want to talk about my charitable acts we can.But I suppose you're not only matching his charity but also doing it on a smaller budget...eh?
So in order to question somebody’s business practices, I have to prove myself to be more moral than them?Because that's the only way you can criticize his morality with your own moral validity.
Nobody is saying to keep the charity to themselves, only that it’s not so much charity when you give $10, monetize the act of you doing the charitable act, make $100, then pocket the $100.Mr Beast is just a game show host basically isn't he really?
Does anyone have a theory as to WHY God would choose to instruct Christians to keep your charity to yourself? I've always thought of God as the ULTIMATE psychologist; if everyone saw your philanthropy it would make others more likely to donate, as evidenced by the poster in this thread.
So...why?
After re-reading this thread, this sentence really stuck out for me. I think it speaks to the problem some people have with MrBeast. He takes other people's money and then does charity with a fraction of it. If you give me a dollar to do charity with and I pocket 40 cents, spend another 50 cents on vanity projects and do charity with the remaining 10 cents, do I really deserve to be lauded for charity?Not only is he helping others desperately in need on a massive scale, but he is inspiring others to help the poor. Kids donate their allowances to him to help him give to others.
There is a difference between a philanthropist and a charity worker. Philanthropists give out of their own resources. Mother Theresa, for instance, was not a philanthropist. Members of the Salvation Army are not philanthropists.They don’t, though.
They raise more money to donate, but they themselves aren’t getting rich. Mr Beast is worth $500 million and will be worth over a billion before the end of 2025. Generous or not, he’s still keeping more than he gives away and that monetized content of being charitable adds to that.
The kids donating their allowances are giving to Mr. Beast's charity organization, Beast Philanthropy, not to him personally.After re-reading this thread, this sentence really stuck out for me. I think it speaks to the problem some people have with MrBeast. He takes other people's money and then does charity with a fraction of it. If you give me a dollar to do charity with and I pocket 40 cents, spend another 50 cents on vanity projects and do charity with the remaining 10 cents, do I really deserve to be lauded for charity?
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye." Matthew 7Thats not what I’m saying, but ok.
If you want to talk about my charitable acts we can.
So in order to question somebody’s business practices, I have to prove myself to be more moral than them?
If the Duke and Duchess had stated that their motivation was to help people, and those people were, indeed, being helped, then no, I would not be skeptical of the Duke and Duchess' motivations. If they only wanted to be celebrities, there are cheaper and more self-entertaining ways to be famous. So, the fact that they don't impoverish themselves does not make me doubt they are helping people because they are being motivated to help people.I think we can all boil it down to this… If the Duke and Duchess of Sussex donated $200,000 to dig up land mines, then filmed themselves going there, filmed people in villages that were impacted, turned it into a YouTube video they monetized, and generate 3 million of revenue off the video which they pocket for “overhead,” would you look at the Duke and Duchess and say “wow, what charitable, people!” or would you be skeptical of their motivations? Would that skepticism grow or decrease if the next three videos they release are “watch me fly in the most expensive plane on earth!” and “I stayed in a $450,000 a night hotel, see what it’s like!” and “Squid Games in real life!” where they host a competition to make fans compete in challenges. Or a challenge where you could win their old private jet worth $2.5 million dollars, which they’re giving up because they lost a dare (but not to worry, they bought a new one so they can spare this one).
What percent of your tithe does your church commit to benevolence? If its above 40% like you expect a youtuber to perform at I will sing their praises and ask if they have a remote way to give. Operating costs eat up most money given to charities, and Mr. Beast doesn't even claim to be one (the Beast Philanthropy channel probably is but not the main channel), he pays taxes.After re-reading this thread, this sentence really stuck out for me. I think it speaks to the problem some people have with MrBeast. He takes other people's money and then does charity with a fraction of it. If you give me a dollar to do charity with and I pocket 40 cents, spend another 50 cents on vanity projects and do charity with the remaining 10 cents, do I really deserve to be lauded for charity?
I think this is what some people are missing. Mr. Beast has two YouTube channels. One is personal, where he earns income for himself, and one is for charity, where all of the proceeds go towards helping others.From what I see he is a businessman and does what all do to make money. I'm sure he has a lot of tax write-offs also.
I'm not a christian.What percent of your tithe does your church commit to benevolence? Operating costs eat up most money given to charities, and Mr. Beast doesn't even claim to be one (the Beast Philanthropy channel probably is but not the main channel), he pays taxes.
I agree, then you have to think about what all the other filthy rich $100 million are doing with their money to help society. They'll receive the same write-offs as Beast. Then you have the rich donating to political parties for their financial gains. I believe helping us surfs are better than the other but everyone has the right to spend their money how they see fit.So not only does Mr. Beast, as a businessman, give money out of his own pocket to help others, he has also started a foundation where all of the money generated from the videos published on its site goes to helping others.
I don't see how anyone could have a problem with that.
You make some great points in your post, thank you. You are right that "spreading the Gospel will occur on a different playing field", however it will still be addressing the same issues people have struggled with since the beginning. If you think how different the world is now compared to Jesus's time in a technological sense, but in a human sense we really haven't changed at all. We still want to know the big questions. (Is there a God? Why are we here? What is our purpose? How should we treat others? etc. etc.) So even though the medium may change, the important truths remain the same and people will still be searching for them. I'm sure your aware of these things, I'm just pointing them out to build on your discussion.