Money for charity... do you believe it?

Well... fixing up a house is materialistic because a house is material. So is a car. You may think it's no big deal to pay off your house and not have to worry about house bills anymore but... that's thinking of only yourself. There are plenty of people in the world who don't have a house or don't have a car and the point of being "materialistic" is having those material posessions. So by thinking about yourself not having to worry about your house, you're being materialistic because a house is a material posession that some people don't have. So, I completely agree with both Chealsea and James who say that it's materialistic. That's not to say that I wouldn't use prize money on myself or anything, but I'm just saying...it is, by definition, materialistic. From Merriam-Webster: Materialism - 1 a: a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter b: a doctrine that the only or the highest values or objectives lie in material well-being and in the furtherance of material progress c: a doctrine that economic or social change is materially caused — compare historical materialism 2: a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather than intellectual or spiritual things

I used to always give to charities but when I found out the very small percentages the charities actually get I think twice now, some of the heads of some charities are getting anormous wages and even some of the collectors these days get a very good wage, so I think today it has chaned from a charity to a business, its sad but it is fact.