Comments about ‘LDS Church set to augment Chile quake relief’

Why not just have totals posted on the LDS Church website showing how much you give? You're so Christian.

Anonymous, you may or may not be Christian as well. Thus, you should be glad to know what other Christians are doing to help, and you should not begrudge a Church-owned newspaper from letting Church members in its audience know how their donations are being used.

No doubt the Catholic or Jewish media are also letting their readers what their organizations are doing to help.

I'm sorry to say your resentment is very evident. How would Christ feel?

The LDS Church is doing what it can to help out as are many other religious organizations. Your resentment of the LDS Church is showing through, even when what they are doing is an admirable thing. I'm not LDS but can't fault them for their humanitarianism. I am sure the people of Chile or Haiti are happy for the assistance.

Its America's turn next.
I hope we will be more prepared.
We have to help each other.

happening here! says we have to help each other. I plan to help Anonymous. Because I'm Christian. Because I'm Mormon and I'll be prepared.

The LDS church is helping the people of Chile due to the terrible earthquake Chileans suffered?

That can't be!

After all, remember, we're not Christians and we certainly aren't nice.

Woo!, glad I cleared that up!....

I wish people would cut back on the sarcasm and snarkiness on all sides.
A more positive interchange has to start with you.
I hope that the death toll stays below 800, and I hope the lives of those in Chile can return to normal quickly.

John Pack Lambert I agree with you, I wish people would just say what they feel or believe with out the sarcasm and snarkiness. This should be a fourm for stating what you believe in a posative mannaer. If a person don't believe the way I do fine state why and lets move on.

regarding "the patting of one's own back on how fantastic you are and what a splendid job you do" .. at an individual level this behavior is considered by experts to be both narciscistic and sociopathic.

"Anonymous, you may or may not be Christian as well. Thus, you should be glad to know what other Christians are doing to help, and you should not begrudge a Church-owned newspaper from letting Church members in its audience know how their donations are being used."

It's you that as jumped to conclusions. I personally think there is no greater thing than to help others. I commend all who give charity to help these people.

It's the myopia I question. There's a classic moral quandary. Who do we give charity to and why do we give it? Do we devalue ourselves by using the good we do to show how Christian we are to others.

My comment wasn't meant to attack your church. My comment was written to invoke honest dialog on charity. My person take is the LDS Church is cheapening the good they did by making giving look like a marketing ploy.

If I was the editor of that story I would have spun the story to show how something terrible has brought people from many different churches, nations and cultures together for the common goal of helping people.

Petty words are to be expected on a cheap, relatively affordable Internet. Whatever.

How blessed we are for having modern means of communication and the funds to afford them.

I have lived in Chile and some of the places affected by this quake now three times over the past two decades.

The LDS Church does a lot for the people period, regardless of affiliation of faith. And, many blended families peacefully coexist. I lived in one part of Concepcion (Pedro de Valdivia) where every house of a whole block had at least one member of the Church of Jesus Christ. But many others lived in the same homes, meaning people of all backgrounds. One LDS lady was married to a Chinese/secular man.

The point is, religious institutions exist to provide spiritual and temporal assitance in times of plenty and in distress.

I am glad that I pay tithing and donate fast offerings to a organization and people I trust.

I don't mean that as boasting, simply as affirming my faith in a system that I believe works.

And I hope that all people, LDS or no, follow the prophetic advice of a year food storage.

bendiceles Senor.

It's so immature to post comments knocking a church publication for reporting to the church members what the church is doing. Get a life. Articles like this help inspire more people to chip in and get involved. It's reporting on good being done too. Unlike mainstream media that focuses on tragedy and devastation to draw numbers and ratings which fuel income alone. Moving on....

I like to hear what my church is doing to help. I donate money to the church, and its nice to know where it is spent. The church does not really boast on what it does, but it does let its members know what it is doing and where the dollars are going, which is what any upfront organization would do for its members. Anti's like to twist the truth for their purposes- could it be to tear down the church? By their fruits shall ye know them......

I'm glad we can and are helping.

As we strive follow Jesus Christ, we follow His teachings:
He taught the church collectively (sentences in plural) in Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" (thus show your good works as the institutional church)
Then in Matthew 6:3 the Lord taught us individually (sentences in singular)"But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth" so I don't have to publish what I do good as an individual.
Many times people mixes up these two scriptures. I'm so happy the Mormons strive to follow Jesus.