Re: A Question for Atheists About Charity Organizations.

Roshard Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Greetings everyone.  Yesterday I got into an argument with some
: christian that claims that atheists do not care about homeless people
: and kids because (besides the old argument that they use about us
: being immoral because we do not believe in their god and not basing my
: life on the bible) there are no atheists that have charity
: organizations that helps these people out.

Essentially, he is asking why atheists don't engage in the same crass,
self-serving propaganda campaigns that so many religious organizations
do.

Of course, the truth is that atheists can be found among any number of
different charitable organizations, even founding some of them.  But,
they generally don't consider them as appropriate vehicles for
promoting atheism- if you're going to do charity work, do charity
work and leave it at that.  Vulnerable, hurting people should be the
last ones to have to deal with controversial beliefs that they might
not agree with.

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