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Passionate anger
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RE: Passionate anger
(July 2, 2016 at 12:45 pm)abaris Wrote:
(July 2, 2016 at 12:31 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: How anyone can dislike religion when for the most part they preach "altruism".

Do I have to be an ashole to be an atheist?

Altruism is nothing else than caring for your fellow humans. No religion required.

Nailed it. 'Altruism' implies that good deeds are done with no expectation or reciprocation or reward. The religiously-minded do good deeds for the express purpose of reward (getting to heaven). This is rather like selling your water bottle to a man dying of thirst.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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Messages In This Thread
Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 12:31 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by rexbeccarox - July 2, 2016 at 12:38 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by pgrimes15 - July 2, 2016 at 12:43 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Joods - July 2, 2016 at 12:47 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Edwardo Piet - July 2, 2016 at 12:42 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 12:45 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by abaris - July 2, 2016 at 12:49 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Edwardo Piet - July 2, 2016 at 1:30 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Joods - July 2, 2016 at 1:39 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 1:42 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by abaris - July 2, 2016 at 12:45 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 12:50 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by abaris - July 2, 2016 at 12:50 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 12:57 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by abaris - July 2, 2016 at 12:58 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Seraphina - July 2, 2016 at 9:02 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 2, 2016 at 7:10 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 3, 2016 at 12:49 am
RE: Passionate anger - by Dust_bunny - July 3, 2016 at 1:43 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by abaris - July 3, 2016 at 2:03 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by robvalue - July 2, 2016 at 12:47 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Joods - July 2, 2016 at 12:55 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 1:10 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Joods - July 2, 2016 at 1:16 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 1:33 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Joods - July 2, 2016 at 1:44 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 2:10 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Joods - July 2, 2016 at 2:24 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by abaris - July 2, 2016 at 2:28 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 2:35 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Edwardo Piet - July 2, 2016 at 2:31 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Joods - July 2, 2016 at 2:36 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 2:40 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Joods - July 2, 2016 at 4:53 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 2, 2016 at 5:10 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Thumpalumpacus - July 2, 2016 at 5:25 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Spirian - July 2, 2016 at 7:07 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Dust_bunny - July 2, 2016 at 8:32 pm
RE: Passionate anger - by Thumpalumpacus - July 3, 2016 at 1:05 am
RE: Passionate anger - by Catsratz - July 4, 2016 at 8:20 am
RE: Passionate anger - by robvalue - July 4, 2016 at 8:41 am
RE: Passionate anger - by Catsratz - July 4, 2016 at 9:01 am
RE: Passionate anger - by purplepurpose - July 4, 2016 at 4:18 pm

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