I don't suppose anyone bothered to query them about their religious leanings? LOL. I bet we would have gotten a few surprises.
I used to work at a gas station at night and when it came time to throw out the day-old donuts, I would always give them to the homeless people that hung around the area. When my boss said to stop doing that, I would put them in a paper bag and lower it gently into the trash can and one of them would grin and nod knowingly and scoop it up out of the trash, still protected by that bag, and without any liability on my employer because he's not liable if people dumpster-dive for food as opposed to me handing them stale and 'potentially dangerous' food. Generosity doesn't come from religion, and in most of these cases, it sounds like a matter of pure practicality. I hate wasting food and if I can give it to someone who wants or needs it, I'm damn well going to give it to them even if it means going behind someone's back who disagrees with the sentiment for reasons of greed and cynicism.
I used to work at a gas station at night and when it came time to throw out the day-old donuts, I would always give them to the homeless people that hung around the area. When my boss said to stop doing that, I would put them in a paper bag and lower it gently into the trash can and one of them would grin and nod knowingly and scoop it up out of the trash, still protected by that bag, and without any liability on my employer because he's not liable if people dumpster-dive for food as opposed to me handing them stale and 'potentially dangerous' food. Generosity doesn't come from religion, and in most of these cases, it sounds like a matter of pure practicality. I hate wasting food and if I can give it to someone who wants or needs it, I'm damn well going to give it to them even if it means going behind someone's back who disagrees with the sentiment for reasons of greed and cynicism.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
