I can point to some specific good that comes from religious organizations. My parents church has a program that mentors people who are straight out of jail. The program had living quarters set up and there were some businesses that were working with the program to give the people jobs. I worked with the program for a while to help set up activities like hikes and picnics.
The fact is that God didn't need to be involved at all; any group of people could have pooled their money and done the same thing and there are secular groups that do the same thing. This idea leads me to musing about an Atheist church or meeting hall. Like I said in another post, the world does not have a scarcity of resources problem but it does have a distribution problem. There are practical solutions that do not need a god backihng to be beneficial.
Rhizo
The fact is that God didn't need to be involved at all; any group of people could have pooled their money and done the same thing and there are secular groups that do the same thing. This idea leads me to musing about an Atheist church or meeting hall. Like I said in another post, the world does not have a scarcity of resources problem but it does have a distribution problem. There are practical solutions that do not need a god backihng to be beneficial.
Rhizo
