How to tell if a religion is B.S.

[Aliza]

Spot on. I find it pretty difficult to criticize people who collect money to feed hungry children, whatever their motivation for doing so.

Boru

I don't criticize people who do good or even great deeds. People amaze.

I do have a problem when they do good things because Jebus, Yomomma, or the Great Pumpkin commands it.

That' s the B.S.

If the theist thinks Jebus or Yomomma told them to feed starving child, and a starving child gets fed, then who gives a shit why they did it? If the atheist thinks that feeding hungry children is the right thing to do, but they don't do anything about and nor do they facilitate the theist in doing it, then as far as I can see, the theist wins the game.

Regardless of why the theist went on a mission to feed hungry children, kids ended up with food in their bellies.

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Has this ever happened to you? Has anyone offered to make a small adjustment on you or told you that you can't drink beer or eat bacon?

As for feeding children, yeah, I'm going to give to that regardless of who is organizing the feeding. If the end result is starving kids get food, then I don't care who gives it to them. ... I do require a 501C3 or comparable government non-profit document and their most recent financial audit, though.

Except in cases where religious hucksters morally hold starving children hostage in order for get a pass for their self-enriching fraud.

A good question to ask when told how church is justified by its charitable good deeds and how many children a mega church fed is, how many children hunger still because the pastor needed another rolls Royce or private jet?

Yes, but that's where their most recent audit comes in handy. (And I do actually read them.)