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Another noble or stupid
reloader44mag
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Guy I work with had a 17 year old daughter that went in for a medical procedure(breast reduction),she died on the operating table. Sued and collected just shy of 4 million dollars. He and his wife donated the entire amount they received to their church. They both continue to work to this day. This incident took place about 10 years ago. He has a bumper sticker on his car that reads.."I'm an Angels Daddy". The guy works overtime nearly every day to make ends meet...So, noble or stupid?
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JMHO very unselfish act , nothing against the church , but that would not be my first choice of donation of such a amount .
the daughter would be proud of there gift , however I would bet she would have wanted them to keep enough to live on with no worries of financial issues
Their choice- and may God give them peace and comfort.
they think that they can buy their way into heaven {ive seen that often}
any fortune from the money would be filled with guilt, every purchase would remind them of her
i'm leaning toward number one, or they would not have proceeded with the lawsuit
Odd... if you're going to give it away then why bother suing? If you're such a good Christian that you'd give it to your church, then why not forgive the negligent party and not enrich attorney's etc by suing?
Maybe he thought that would be better than killing some people who needed killing. The lawyers get rich either way.
My everlasting opinion on tithing, however, is that if god were powerful enough to create the Earth, what would she need money for?
And again, not for me to judge.
My everlasting opinion on tithing, however, is that if god were powerful enough to create the Earth, what would she need money for?
God doesn't need our money. Its all his anyway. Its a show of faith. Do you have faith enough to give what you have been asked to. Its like anything else. God will ask you to do things that might make no sense to you. But he has a plan. It took me a long time to realize I needed to tithe on my entire salary. But when I did. I never miss it. I think these people wanted to prove a point. But didn't want to get rich from their daughters death. I don't really agree with the lawsuit to begin with. But do respect their decision to not profit from the death of a loved one.
Hard to say what anyone would or wouldn't do, sometimes even in their shoes the answer may be different one day or the next.
Ive learned that the hard way. We never know how we will react to a situation. Until we are in that situation.
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The face that they sued and won indicates that the doctor did something very wrong. Losing such a huge judgment can make it difficult for a doctor to get insurance, and they may have effectively put him or her out of business. If the doctor was not doing a good job, putting him out of business would seem to be a good thing.
As for giving it to the church, what would you rather have them do? Buy some sweet Camaros or a huge beach house in Florida?
What if their church does outreach for the poor or helps drug addicts or whatever, and that $4 million would go a long way to helping people?
It seems like you're saying, "Hey, they could have paid off all their bills and lived a sweet, swinging life with the $4 million dollars, and like a bunch of chumps they still work for a living. What a bunch of dopes!"
I can honestly say I would be proud to know a man and a woman who did a self-less act in the memory of their child.
I don't quite understand how you're confused or upset about this.
The face that they sued and won indicates that the doctor did something very wrong. Losing such a huge judgment can make it difficult for a doctor to get insurance, and they may have effectively put him or her out of business. If the doctor was not doing a good job, putting him out of business would seem to be a good thing.
As for giving it to the church, what would you rather have them do? Buy some sweet Camaros or a huge beach house in Florida?
What if their church does outreach for the poor or helps drug addicts or whatever, and that $4 million would go a long way to helping people?
It seems like you're saying, "Hey, they could have paid off all their bills and lived a sweet, swinging life with the $4 million dollars, and like a bunch of chumps they still work for a living. What a bunch of dopes!"
I can honestly say I would be proud to know a man and a woman who did a self-less act in the memory of their child.
The guy is a buddy of mine..I have worked with him for over 20 years...I just asked a question of the crowd here.