What non-Christian has ever supported an orphanage, a school or a university a shelter for the the homeless?

Question

Or a soup-kitchen?

I do not think that you do, it's just that I think we .can't do enough,

Answer 1

Most soup kitchens, etc are run and funded by nonchristians. Its just that you hear about christian ones more because they are the only ones that spend half of their money advertising it to make themselves look good.

Answer 2

Me.

and several non sectarian and non religious charities that i support.

oh yeah and ALL of the money that we raise actually goes to the school, child, etc, we do not have that 80 / 20 precent ratio of operating expences where 80 percent is used to run the charity office and 20 percent actually goes to the people that need it.

some of the charities that i have supported are

Cystic Fibrosis foundation.
San Mar home for Girls,
Easter Seals.
Hagerstown Community Rescue Service.
Cystic Fibrosis Walk-a-Thon frederick md.
Special Olympics (ski coach) Blue Knob resort Pennsylvania.
Maryland State Troopers Association.

oh, i am sorry these are all local things, where people can see where their money goes. where they can see the people that they have helped on the street instead of getting a picture of a kid one time a year.

Answer 3

Numbers and Types of Homeless Assistance Programs
NSHAPC documented just under 40,000 homeless assistance programs operating on an average day in February 1996 (see Table 1 and Figure 1). Secular non-profits run almost one-half (47 percent) of these, followed by faith-based non-profits (32 percent), and government agencies (13 percent). Another 0.6 percent of all programs are run by for-profit entities, typically hotels/motels accepting vouchers in exchange for providing a homeless person with one or more nights of accommodation, and for 7 percent of programs, it is not clear what type of organization or agency administers the program.(13)

Source: Urban Institute analysis of NSHAPC program data. Data represent "an average day in February 1996."

Answer 4

I am a pagan, and I give to the local homeless shelter, as well as donating my time to the county animal shelter.
My son and I try to work at the mission serving meals several times a year and I have worked with Habitat for Humanity.

Answer 5

A lot of Christians and non Christians have supported all of those charities, and many more besides. Giving comes from the inside. It doesn't matter if you are a religious person or not. I know many Christians that wouldn't help anyone, they grumble when they have to give an offering in church every Sunday.

Answer 6

Bill Gates. He's an atheist and is donating *BILLIONS* of dollars for infrastructure and agricultural and educational development in third world nations in Africa.

And would you also count 100% Volunatry K9 Search & Rescue service as charitable? Considering I paid for all my gear outo f my own pocket and put myself and my closest companion in mortal danger multiple times to help people alive and dead, at the risk of structural collapse or being shot, without a flak vest on?

Would I have gotten prepared to deploy to New York on 9/11 and be glad I did because not ten minutes after, the team leader called to say we'd been called and asked to be ready to deploy? How about ready to deploy to New Orleans after Katrina? Charitable enough for you? We were unfortunately not activated to go to either place, but we were ready to go regardless the cost to ourselves.

When was the last time you put your life in grave jeopardy out of love for your fellow man, without hope for payment or reward?

And for the record, I am an atheist.

Answer 7

I would guess that Jews do as much, or perhaps more, charity work than Christians (percentage wise -- Jews make up only 2 percent of the population). You may see a lot of Jewish philanthropy, but keep in mind that most Jewish charity is anonymous.

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Answer 8

I work for an international child welfare agency. I know hundreds who are not Christians who do. I'm sorry, but yours is typical of the kind of arrogant view of the world that gives Christians a bad name among some other groups in the world. Please open your mind and escaoe from narrow-minded religious bigots who want to paint a one-colored picture of the world for you. Be more accepting of others' gifts to the world, will you?

Answer 9

We Muslims have a lot of places specialized as a shelter for homeless people, in Islamic countries there are a lot of centers that provide free food for homeless and poor people.

And we have centers specialized for collecting money to help poor people.

And of course there are other people of other religions who do that.

Answer 10

I've never run a shelter, but I have repeatedly treated multiple homeless folks to good meals.

I'm a Pagan.