(November 18, 2018 at 1:34 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(November 18, 2018 at 1:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Hypothetical: You have two options only: You can give £10 to a secular charity for hungry children, or £100 to a religious charity for hungry children. In both cases, you are given iron-clad assurance that 100% of your donation will go to the kids.
Which do you do?
Boru
Why would secular charity not accept £100?
I have yet to see any religious charity that does not leverage the donation directly or indirectly to proselytize. If £100 helps them get a pass on spreading bullshit even if all of that particular £100 is transferred to the children, then I will still have to weigh the acute needs of the children against longer term harm to humanity.
When a hypothetical is presented, the respondent isn't permitted to add provisos of his/her own.
So, your position is that it would be better to give £10 to feed hungry children than £100?
Boru
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