(March 27, 2024 at 8:56 am)Belacqua Wrote:(March 27, 2024 at 8:13 am)brewer Wrote: Kind of sad that people think they have to take up christianity to embrace charity. Charity for charities sake is enough, at least for me.
Sounds like the deed is charity and christianity is merely lip service/label. I see little point
In the world as it currently exists, a lot of people motivate and structure their charity through religion.
We could obviously imagine a world in which things work differently, but that would be counterfactual speculation. Maybe there could be other ways to do it, in scenarios that we would like better.
The point I was making is that people who work this way often don't need anything that you or I would consider proof.
The big question is why tie it to religion? Is it golden ticket? Is it esteem within the community? Can they not find self worth/fulfillment without religion?
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.