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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ Christ said " what is good? No one is good except the father ."

Christians do not believe they are good.  They believe they are forgiven and saved by grace.  [/quote]

My children are good.

I don't need a god to tell me that I'm wrong in thinking that.

My children are good and kind and loving.

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BS.  Children are self centered . When is the last time they gave their brand new toys to a poor kid?[/quote]

What in the hell ever happened to Matthew 19:14?

[quote]Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."[/quote]

My daughter gives away her items to her brother, who's younger, and to the thrift shop in our 'hood.  My son always writes me cards in school, telling me how much he loves me.

-One of the atheists signing off
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[b]But she is not giving her Brand New presents away to other kids so she's self centered  :roll: , at least according to pp.[/b]

FWIW, I do think that God wants us to be kind and good to each other and that includes being charitable to others less fortunate.  And charity is not just about money there are lots of other ways to give of yourself.  Remember - we are all "less fortunate" in one way or another.  It's not just about handing over $$$$ and new toys.[/quote]

I think what I've highlighted in bold says more about you than about my 10 yo daughter.  Just b/c something is new and shiny doesn't mean it has more value.  The act of giving is just as important as the item that's being donated.

But you're putting a price on that.

nice job, Christian

Again, if you're so religious and driven by God to do good, you'd know your bible more - [quote]Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."[/quote]

12 years of Catholic school taught me something.

- Atheist signing off again

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My post is the one that you bolded, and I think that you either misunderstood or I didn't explain my thoughts well. It was not my intent to put a price on anything actually.  Would you want every gift that you receive to be second hand, used.  Would you expect your youngest child to never, ever receive anything brand new and just be happy with your oldest child's hand me downs?  Of course not.

I have given away used items that had more meaning and more value to a person than any similar new item would.  It is quite possible to do that.  It is also possible to give away things just to get rid of them.  Ex:  I recently took a car load of stuff that I no longer wanted to Goodwill.  It was better to do that than it would have been to just toss those items into the trash. Someone will hopefully get some use out of them and I have less clutter.  Win-win.  My family participated in a yard sale recently and one of the things I was selling were children's shoes.  I probably had 20 pairs of them set out, many barely worn. It was early in the morning, the sale had just begun and we had already sold a pair for 4 bucks, woohoo!  Then a man came up and explained that he was collecting shoes to send to orphans in another country.  We gave him the rest of those shoes.  [/quote]

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