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Being good without god
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Being good without god
February 11, 2013 at 5:02 pm
I went to McDonalds with my girlfriend for lunch today. As we sat there eating, there was a homeless guy wandering around outside. He looked hungry so I asked him if i could get him something to eat. I ended up getting him a burger and some fries.

Doing this got me to thinking about doing good things without god being involved. I had recently heard about an organization that does charity work and events from a purely humanitarian perspective. I went to look up the organization and I came across this article:

Can we be good without God?

Apparently, it was just stupid of me to buy lunch for that homeless guy...

Quote:Life is too short to jeopardize it by acting out of anything but pure self-interest. Sacrifice for another person is just stupid. Thus the absence of moral accountability from the philosophy of naturalism makes an ethic of compassion and self-sacrifice a hollow abstraction.

I am so tired of being disappointed by humanity.

BTW, the organization is called Humanists Doing Good
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
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Being good without god - by Baalzebutt - February 11, 2013 at 5:02 pm
RE: Being good without god - by My imaginary friend is GOD - February 11, 2013 at 5:13 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Mister Agenda - February 21, 2013 at 4:45 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Baalzebutt - February 11, 2013 at 9:14 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Minimalist - February 11, 2013 at 9:16 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Jackalope - February 11, 2013 at 10:08 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Baalzebutt - February 12, 2013 at 1:55 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Angrboda - February 12, 2013 at 3:33 am
RE: Being good without god - by Anymouse - February 12, 2013 at 4:13 am
RE: Being good without god - by Angrboda - February 12, 2013 at 4:35 am
RE: Being good without god - by Anymouse - February 12, 2013 at 7:07 am
RE: Being good without god - by Angrboda - February 14, 2013 at 1:43 am
RE: Being good without god - by genkaus - February 12, 2013 at 9:07 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Neo-Scholastic - February 22, 2013 at 5:03 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Mister Agenda - February 22, 2013 at 5:59 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Angrboda - February 22, 2013 at 11:44 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Neo-Scholastic - February 23, 2013 at 9:25 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Esquilax - February 24, 2013 at 9:46 am
RE: Being good without god - by Neo-Scholastic - February 24, 2013 at 5:31 pm
RE: Being good without god - by genkaus - February 24, 2013 at 8:42 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Neo-Scholastic - February 24, 2013 at 10:11 pm
RE: Being good without god - by genkaus - February 25, 2013 at 11:26 am
RE: Being good without god - by Neo-Scholastic - February 25, 2013 at 11:56 am
RE: Being good without god - by genkaus - February 25, 2013 at 1:01 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Gabriel Syme - February 12, 2013 at 9:55 am
RE: Being good without god - by genkaus - February 12, 2013 at 8:40 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Baalzebutt - February 12, 2013 at 9:03 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Aegrus - February 12, 2013 at 9:48 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Kayenneh - February 14, 2013 at 2:23 am
RE: Being good without god - by Finn - February 14, 2013 at 2:50 am
RE: Being good without god - by genkaus - February 14, 2013 at 5:11 pm
RE: Being good without god - by CleanShavenJesus - February 14, 2013 at 6:22 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Baalzebutt - February 14, 2013 at 6:30 pm
RE: Being good without god - by CleanShavenJesus - February 14, 2013 at 6:31 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Baalzebutt - February 14, 2013 at 6:33 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Esquilax - February 15, 2013 at 12:14 am
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 14, 2013 at 10:55 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Cyberman - February 14, 2013 at 11:05 pm
RE: Being good without god - by iameatingjam - February 21, 2013 at 12:38 am
RE: Being good without god - by EGross - February 21, 2013 at 7:57 am
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 21, 2013 at 8:13 am
RE: Being good without god - by Esquilax - February 21, 2013 at 10:54 am
RE: Being good without god - by EGross - February 21, 2013 at 2:55 pm
RE: Being good without god - by The Grand Nudger - February 21, 2013 at 10:49 am
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 21, 2013 at 11:11 am
RE: Being good without god - by Esquilax - February 23, 2013 at 1:50 am
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 23, 2013 at 1:56 am
RE: Being good without god - by Esquilax - February 23, 2013 at 2:11 am
RE: Being good without god - by Cato - February 23, 2013 at 2:26 am
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 21, 2013 at 3:31 pm
RE: Being good without god - by EGross - February 21, 2013 at 3:40 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 21, 2013 at 4:04 pm
RE: Being good without god - by EGross - February 21, 2013 at 4:39 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 21, 2013 at 4:43 pm
RE: Being good without god - by EGross - February 21, 2013 at 5:20 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 21, 2013 at 5:31 pm
RE: Being good without god - by iameatingjam - February 22, 2013 at 2:16 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 22, 2013 at 2:26 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Baalzebutt - February 22, 2013 at 2:31 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 22, 2013 at 2:57 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Baalzebutt - February 22, 2013 at 3:06 pm
RE: Being good without god - by iameatingjam - February 22, 2013 at 11:47 pm
RE: Being good without god - by The Grand Nudger - February 22, 2013 at 2:40 pm
RE: Being good without god - by The Grand Nudger - February 22, 2013 at 3:09 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 22, 2013 at 3:12 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Cyberman - February 22, 2013 at 5:15 pm
RE: Being good without god - by The Grand Nudger - February 22, 2013 at 3:14 pm
RE: Being good without god - by The Grand Nudger - February 22, 2013 at 5:53 pm
RE: Being good without god - by The Grand Nudger - February 22, 2013 at 6:09 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 23, 2013 at 3:28 am
RE: Being good without god - by Cato - February 23, 2013 at 3:35 am
RE: Being good without god - by Esquilax - February 23, 2013 at 3:42 am
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 23, 2013 at 3:44 am
RE: Being good without god - by Esquilax - February 23, 2013 at 3:55 am
RE: Being good without god - by Cato - February 23, 2013 at 4:09 am
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 23, 2013 at 4:00 am
RE: Being good without god - by Esquilax - February 23, 2013 at 4:03 am
RE: Being good without god - by Cyberman - February 23, 2013 at 7:05 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 24, 2013 at 11:27 pm
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 23, 2013 at 4:09 am
RE: Being good without god - by Cato - February 23, 2013 at 4:12 am
RE: Being good without god - by catfish - February 23, 2013 at 4:15 am
RE: Being good without god - by Cato - February 23, 2013 at 5:13 am
RE: Being good without god - by Justtristo - February 23, 2013 at 4:19 am
RE: Being good without god - by Creed of Heresy - February 23, 2013 at 7:18 pm
RE: Being good without god - by wandering soul - March 3, 2013 at 10:28 am
RE: Being good without god - by The Grand Nudger - February 24, 2013 at 1:12 am
RE: Being good without god - by EGross - February 24, 2013 at 2:26 am
RE: Being good without god - by Nobody - February 24, 2013 at 5:43 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Cyberman - February 24, 2013 at 11:29 pm
RE: Being good without god - by The Grand Nudger - February 25, 2013 at 12:39 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Angrboda - February 25, 2013 at 4:03 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Neo-Scholastic - February 25, 2013 at 6:54 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Whateverist - March 9, 2013 at 11:05 pm
RE: Being good without god - by Gonzalo697 - March 9, 2013 at 9:09 pm

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