(October 23, 2015 at 10:11 am)alpha male Wrote:(October 23, 2015 at 9:56 am)drfuzzy Wrote: So, "alpha" - - lkingpinl - one of your fellow xtians, has posted in this thread what he and his family will be doing to help the poor this Thanksgiving. I have done the same. You haven't shared your outreach yet.
You say: "If you cared that much about starving people you'd be doing something about it instead of posting on this forum." This could also be applied to you. I give of my time, usually, because I don't have much money. How do you witness by your actions, other than wasting your time criticizing atheists on their discussion forum?
It doesn't matter what I do, as I'm not criticizing God for allowing suffering to exist. I really don't care what charitable acts anyone here does - I just care about the hypocrisy.
That said, I organize a food drive at my church and have a recurring monthly donation to a local shelter set up. Pretty standard stuff. I could do a lot more if I were to sacrifice some pleasures.
That's great that you organize a food drive. It's more than most people do.
We read these posts through the filter of our own worldview and experience. As atheists, even the act of thanking god over dinner is kind of incomprehensible, even though many of us, like myself, grew up doing just that. You need to remember that we don't believe there is anyone listening. And it can be hard to be grateful for bounty when others are suffering. Belief in god is not necessary to care.
So we see people all the time who have SO MUCH, thanking god for "blessing" them. I have actually heard christians dismiss the poor by saying that "if they were real christians, they would be blessed too". Thankfully most people would disagree with that, but actions speak louder than words. Yes, we see hypocrisy too. Rather than sniping at each other, we need to be talking about how to help people to see the needy in their midst.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
