(October 23, 2015 at 11:15 am)alpha male Wrote:"Even if I were a believer". Oh. I did miss that part. So, you're objecting to ex-christians who are objecting to christian practices? Hmm. Ok. BUT, it's an atheist forum, most of us are ex-christians, so fussing about christian practices is pretty normal 'round here. I'm sure you understand that.(October 23, 2015 at 10:49 am)drfuzzy Wrote: That's great that you organize a food drive. It's more than most people do.No, when the OP says "Even if I were a believer..." I don't - or shouldn't - need to remember that.
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.
Quote:And it can be hard to be grateful for bounty when others are suffering.
Seems to me it's easier to be thankful when others are suffering. Heck, if no one ever suffered, we wouldn't even think to be thankful.
Easier to be thankful when others are suffering? Yes, I know - we wouldn't be grateful for health if we were never sick, etc. It's the bad things that make us appreciate the good. But it's clear that someone who runs a food drive also understands the need to try to alleviate that suffering. In most ways except the belief that a deity exists, we're on the same page.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
