RE: Worst atheistic argument?
September 17, 2009 at 6:37 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2009 at 6:39 pm by Meatball.)
Would the world be better off if religious charity didn't exist?
Would that homeless man be better off if he had his 3 hours back in exchange for an empty stomach?
The fact of the matter is this, charity(feeding the homeless, distributing medical supplies or food to the impoverished, building homes, etc) is good. It doesn't matter who's doing it, or why. If, at the end of the day, some family now how clean water for a week, or antibiotics to treat an infection, I couldn't care less if it was the Pope or Adolf Hitler giving to them.
Edit: Even further, if that family, or that homeless man, converted to Mormonism for the rest of their lives in exchange, it would still be a net gain, and a little less suffering in the world. I can't oppose that.
Would that homeless man be better off if he had his 3 hours back in exchange for an empty stomach?
The fact of the matter is this, charity(feeding the homeless, distributing medical supplies or food to the impoverished, building homes, etc) is good. It doesn't matter who's doing it, or why. If, at the end of the day, some family now how clean water for a week, or antibiotics to treat an infection, I couldn't care less if it was the Pope or Adolf Hitler giving to them.
Edit: Even further, if that family, or that homeless man, converted to Mormonism for the rest of their lives in exchange, it would still be a net gain, and a little less suffering in the world. I can't oppose that.
- Meatball
