As a Christian, I feel the same way about tithing (I'd do it whether there was a tax break or not). As a pragmatist, I'll take whatever tax break I can get. I d

As a Christian, I feel the same way about tithing (I'd do it whether there was a tax break or not). As a pragmatist, I'll take whatever tax break I can get. I do think it becomes difficult to draw a line. What I mean is, one reason why one might donate to a charity like Ronald McDonald House (as a very prominent example of a thing I've personally been on both ends of) is because when you're the one in need you want it to be there for you. At some point this conversation comes down to assuming the worst motives in people, and I don't think you can write policy from that.