Reply #38: Is there a way to KNOW that the money you give to your church gets to charity?

[AllyCat]

Is there a way to know that the food you drop in the bin for the food drive actually goes to the hungry? Is there a way to KNOW that the Salvation Army bell ringer gives the money you put in the pot to the proper collection system and that system helps the people it is supposed to help? Heck, for that matter, do you KNOW the driver in the oncoming car will stay on the proper side of the road?

No. There isn't. Sometimes, you just have to take a leap of faith to support things you find valuable to you as a person and a member of a civil society.

But for many people, not KNOWING means doing nothing. And that is part of the reason we are in the current mess we're in.