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A few notes of clarification to help define what a stock-tithe is not:

It is not about Christian organizations supporting other Christian organizations, Jewish other Jewish, or for that matter any religion, race or creed supporting exclusively its kind. With such unenlightened endeavors, an unqualified "for" invites an "against."

The proposal here is a new form of bigotry—those who support worthy causes united against those who do not. Since bigotry is apparently an unfortunate part of the human condition, let's replace bad bigotry with good bigotry and get really raging about it.

Though a stock-tithe company should be faith-friendly, it is not a faith-based organization; and though standards of integrity should be exemplary, managers are not spiritual leaders. Those roles are better filled by other people and organizations.

Though stock-tithe company managers should always strive to do the right thing, this does not mean employees should be coddled, or that they should never be fired. To the contrary, a stock-tithe company must compete fiercely and deliver a clearly superior value. Therefore if a person is not performing at appropriately high standards, management owes it to the rest of the team, customers, shareholders, the stock-tithe partner(s), and to the world, to replace a mediocre performer with an excellent one. (The evidence that this system is best for all, in the long-run, is irrefutable.)

Other related thoughts which don't necessarily reflect the opinions of others who support the stock-tithe.

If you think faith should not play a role in peoples lives, just support the stock-tithe idea because you believe worthy causes deserve support. You might also consider the overwhelming evidence that man has a built-in hunger to connect with the creator, whatever that means—and just go with it. Your creator will find you.

If you think your religion has a monopoly on the truth, please consider the obvious mysteries you see in your God. Then allow that the same God might have included in His plan the mystery that multiple, seemingly inconsistent truths are equally valid.

We are in the early stages of transition to a new age of faith. First came the age of "religion and superstition," then "science and reason". In each, the pendulum sometimes swung too far to an extreme. As we enter the age of "integration" our challenge is to reach back to the first age for the great lessons and integrate them with the best of science—in this case that of business process. The stock-tithe does this.

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