Ryan&Amber2013
Puritan Board Senior
If someone gave you a gift that you would not use and you already had multiple of them, would you have a problem with giving that gift to somebody else? Would that be sin?
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Too funnyOne mans trash is another mans treasure! (2 Regifting 3:32)
If someone gave you a gift that you would not use and you already had multiple of them, would you have a problem with giving that gift to somebody else? Would that be sin?
One mans trash is another mans treasure! (2 Regifting 3:32)
P.S. unless of course you hold to exclusive giftody
Would that be sin?
Tim,It only applies in corporate, not individual regifting.
It depends. If the giver has impeccable taste and knows better than the recipient what a good gift is, it might reveal a striking failure of taste on the part of the recipient.
A truly egregious gustatory lapse might prompt someone to do such even with a gift given by you or me! Is this clearly sin? Surely it comes close!
Peace,
Alan
all the review copies of books you've received
It depends. If the giver has impeccable taste and knows better than the recipient what a good gift is, it might reveal a striking failure of taste on the part of the recipient.
A truly egregious gustatory lapse might prompt someone to do such even with a gift given by you or me! Is this clearly sin? Surely it comes close!
Peace,
Alan
I am yet to try one I actually like. I hear they exist out there, though.Ah! Now I know where to send the fruitcake that I always receive this time of year.
I don't think it is a sin, but it would probably be very rude if you forgot who gave it to you and gave it back to them by accident!
Ah! Now I know where to send the fruitcake that I always receive this time of year.
I am yet to try one I actually like. I hear they exist out there, though.
If it was the same exact calendar who would know?It's morally wrong to lie or deceive, so regifting is a good idea only if you can be aboveboard about it. Assume both the person who gave you the gift and the one who receives it from you will find out. After all, they may ask you about it.
If you would be okay with having to say to the giver, with sincerity, "Yes, thank you so much for that lovely desk calendar. I already had a couple of those, so I passed it on to a student I know who will really appreciate it. It was a great gift because I was able to bless someone else with it," then you are free to regift it.
Of course, the year I actually received two desk calendars, one from each of my kids, regifting either of those was out of the question.
I still have a collection of books from my former synergistic, dispensational days that I would be happy to "gift". I've never given them to anybody since I don't want to re-distribute my trash.
Reminds me of a recurring conversation between me and my wife.
Her (holding a "Christian" book): The teaching in this book is bad. I'm going to give it away.
Me: Why would you want to give someone a bad book?
Her: Well, it feels wrong to throw a book away.
Me: And it's better to perpetuate bad teaching?
Her: You're right. I don't want my friends reading it.
Me: Trash it then.
Her: And it would be wrong to sell it. But I could give it to the jail ministry.
Me: You want prisoners to get bad teaching?
Her: It might not be as bad as some of the other books they get.
Me: You want prisoners to get semi-bad teaching?
Her (tossing the book on my desk): You throw it away then. I'm giving it to you.
Collins Street Bakery. $29.95 - $82.90. Domestic shipping $6.75 to $19.95 based on speed. So in less than a week, you can have a really nice fruitcake for around $100. (Foreign shipping more).
Since gifting a fruitcake to begin with is questionable on moral grounds, regifting....?Ah! Now I know where to send the fruitcake that I always receive this time of year.