RE: Atheist groups needing to prove themselves
October 5, 2017 at 4:35 pm
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2017 at 4:37 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(October 5, 2017 at 11:41 am)Bahana Wrote: It just seems to dignify the criticisms too much when you feel the need to advertise that you're "good without God" like some do.
So long as the help is delivered, is it really important why it is delivered? Does the hungry person turn away a meal because he's skeptical of the donor's motives?
(October 5, 2017 at 11:45 am)Bahana Wrote: It's dignifying it in a way that you're making it a slogan and you feel the need to advertise that it's an important reason why you are doing what you're doing. You can challenge it directly with arguments without having to make it part of your identity.
Hungry folks can't eat reasonable argumentation. Talk all you want, they'll still be hungry.