I think being charitable is a personality trait.
When I've done charity work with religious groups I often see the same faces over and over again.
I suspect if I went to an actual church on Sunday I'd see a lot of new faces.
The more involved I get, the more surprised I am, as an atheist, at the amount of good work that gets done, unadvertised with no preaching.
Religion is one big lie but charity is one of the things it's got going for it. That and fellowship, both of which can be found in abundance in the secular world also.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that there is charity outside of religion, but what gets done inside religion is really good and extremely important also.
When I've done charity work with religious groups I often see the same faces over and over again.
I suspect if I went to an actual church on Sunday I'd see a lot of new faces.
The more involved I get, the more surprised I am, as an atheist, at the amount of good work that gets done, unadvertised with no preaching.
Religion is one big lie but charity is one of the things it's got going for it. That and fellowship, both of which can be found in abundance in the secular world also.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that there is charity outside of religion, but what gets done inside religion is really good and extremely important also.
