RE: Religion is a Menace
October 13, 2011 at 2:59 am
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2011 at 3:09 am by Godscreated.)
(October 10, 2011 at 12:26 am)BethK Wrote: [quote='R-e-n-n-a-t' pid='189496' dateline='1317996070']
(October 9, 2011 at 3:06 pm)Godschild Wrote:
BethK Wrote:So? I teach literacy. I don't use my atheistic nonbelief to do that. Does that make it less worthwhile?
During Hurricane Katrina, the first people on the scene giving aid was the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation - a secular organization.
I've read numerous things on drug and alcohol rehabilitation. I've found that the religious-based programs, including Alcoholics Anonymous, have a lower success rate than secular programs, or even lower than someone just deciding to stop drinking or using drugs.
Christianity is the #1 destroyer of families in rural areas of India with Christian missionaries who give food, medicine, schooling, community help (e.g., building a safe water supply). It's "free" but has a price: You must give up your traditional or Hindu ways, and moreover, avoid anyone who is not Christian because they might tempt you to renounce our newfound Christianity and go back to the religion (or lack of it) in your family. I've heard this from numerous people who came from different areas.
There are secular relief organizations, who give food, medicine, schooling, community development help. Some are connected with a government, like the Peace Corps, and others are nongovernmental, such as Doctors Without Borders.
If you don't want to hear (read) my rants against Christians, you might want to refrain from reading atheist boards. In the mean time, keep your superstitions out of schools, out of science, and out of my pocketbook. If you want your Church, YOU pay for it.
AA is not a christian program, please give me some references showing that secular programs are more successful than christian programs, I've seen the results from christian programs and there lasting success.
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God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
