So many thoughts. So many good comments. ALS Association is THE organization working to find help, relief, and a cure for ALS and those affected by this horrible disease. If any of us or anyone close to us was diagnosed with ALS, I'm sure most - not all - would pray for a cure. And God uses the ALS Association to find a cure--they are THE leaders in research. I thought the comments regarding the idea the idea that if any of us were diagnosed with ALS only to find out that the money raise through the ice bucket challenge helped them find that cure that we'd hope we hadn't been healed. The author can spend a lot of time informing all of us of the companies that give to money to organizations that support anything we believe in. In fact, here are some more companies you should stop supporting because they all give funds to Planned Parenthood: 3Com Corporation  Adobe Systems, Inc.  American Express corporation  AT&T  Birkenstock Footprint Sandals, Inc.  Black & Decker Boing – The Employee Community Fund  Bristol-Myers Charles Schwab  Chase Manhattan  Chevron Texaco  Citibank  Citigroup  Coca-Cola   Exxon Mobil  Fannie Mae  Fidelity Investments Ford Motor Company  Freddie Mac   Gap  General Electric  Georgia-Pacific Corporation  Hewlett Packard Company Foundation   IBM  Levi Strauss  Liberty Mutual  Mastercard International  McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.   Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.  Microsoft Corporation  Chase Morgan  Motorola  PepsiCo Pfizer  Phillip Morris  Pitney Bowes  Safeco Corporation   Schwab Corporation   Starbucks  Verizon  Xerox  Yahoo! Komen Race for the Cure Any Lutherans using ATT, Verizon, Starbucks, Pepsi or Coke products, Microsoft, Yahoo …? Look at that list! Obviously a lot of Christians use these products--possibly the author of this piece. We can spend all our time researching every where our money goes, or we can spend our time sharing the good news of Jesus Christ, who, by the way uses researchers to find cures and bring help to those suffering from the results of life in a sinful world. Having said all that, please know that I believe in and support the sanctity of life. I DO appreciate the information shared in this piece -- although I wish I had read it months ago so I, and others, could be made aware of it sooner so we could consider the options. But I also watched first-hand a friend die a slow, horrible death from ALS. I refuse to feel guilty because I participated in the ice bucket challenge or that I sent in a donation. I don't believe I sinned in doing so -- nor do I feel it's a sin to drink Pepsi or use Microsoft. I LOVE that more people have discovered what ALS is all about through this ice bucket challenge! I believe in God's grace through Jesus Christ. And I pray they find a cure for ALS.