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This man reaffirms my Humanism. (no he doesn't.)
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This man reaffirms my Humanism. (no he doesn't.)
I always love coming across stories, images, etc. that remind me why I'm a humanist; because the kindness of one can make the lives of hundreds better through their actions. When I'm at my worst, like I admittedly feel like at the moment (or at least close to it), things like this remind me to keep on keepin' on with it.

[Image: fdbd6f260ff668b9f9189878fba4f34b0e6605d8...a0dfe7.jpg]

EDIT: Min pointed out this story's been retooled, the guy actually gives his money to nothing but monasteries and churches. Not even a hundredth of the worth of what the story claimed he actually gave it to.
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#2
RE: This man reaffirms my Humanism.
Hmmm.... well, mainly true except for the beneficiaries.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/dobrev.asp

Quote: Photographs show Dobri Dobrev, a 98-year-old man in Sofia who collects money for the restoration of monasteries and churches.


Apparently, he pisses the money away on churches and monasteries instead of orphanages.

I wonder why the story was amended?
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#3
RE: This man reaffirms my Humanism.
"Reality is cruelest to the idealist."

Fuck.

That said, stories like this one pop up often enough. It's just THIS story's been a bit...hm...retooled.

I'll have to find an actual reaffirmation. XD

Good catch though, Min.
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#4
RE: This man reaffirms my Humanism. (no he doesn't.)
Being a skeptic means being a skeptic about EVERYTHING, man.
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#5
RE: This man reaffirms my Humanism. (no he doesn't.)
[Image: aint-nobody-got-time-for-that.png]

I gotta stop using memes as posts....
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#6
RE: This man reaffirms my Humanism. (no he doesn't.)
All you can do CoH is the best that you can do.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#7
RE: This man reaffirms my Humanism. (no he doesn't.)
LOL, I didn't see the whole image at first.
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