(April 26, 2015 at 4:52 pm)wallym Wrote: I've always felt this idea of not having wealth is the logical conclusion for both theists and most atheists.
I've said this before on here a couple times. Every decision you make with a dollar reflects your priorities. Do I spend a dollar on a pack of baseball cards, or donate it to some people who need it for food. If I pick the baseball cards, I am saying with my actions that it is more important for me to have baseball cards than for some other person to eat. And it's not like you can give away 5 dollars to feed 5 people, and spend the 6th dollar on baseball cards as a compromise, because the 6th dollar is still choosing baseball cards over a person. That choice will never change any time you are buying baseball cards.
It's a super harsh reality, but I always found it one of the more interesting ideas philosophically in the bible.
It's also an idea that ties into my new belief that people care about believing they are good rather than actually being good.
This is in essence a false dichotomy. By your logic, because you're not helping everyone else in the world, you have no right to any pleasure in life at all.
Altruism run amok is just as harmful as heartlessness.
