Lazy Atheism?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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.

That seems pretty stupid. Maybe it’s just me, but I try to base my beliefs and actions on proof or - at the very least - compelling evidence.

While not disparaging the charitable work that religions do, it’s pretty clear that they do it out of a self-centered motivation. They feed the hungry not because the hungry ARE hungry, but because they hope Jesus will smile at them.

Boru