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2:35 PM on May 19, 2008
Shyam M's Answer
Shallow knowledge of matters and sermons of the lord often leads a person to the kind of conclusions that you have reflected. Further, the existence of fake organisations in a plenty also cause this kind of opinion. However the truth is different.
Idols remind us of the characters that those Gods played, so that we may acquire right morals from them. These morals also include the moral of looking after the 'daridra narayan', the poor and underprivileged. So, you are not thinking of doing anything new when you help poor, your exposure to Hindu morals is making you think about doing so. There are many Hindu organisations that are doing great service, Ramkrishna mission is one of them. Balaji, Annamalai, and other temples run various schemes for poor. Sai baba has hospitals that even perform heart surgery for free.
So do not be disappointed, just enhance your knowledge and donate to the right organisation, or the right needy individual.
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7:26 PM on May 26, 2008
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