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In reply to the discussion: Should we remove "In God We Trust" from currency? [View all]Heddi
(18,312 posts)re there any atheist missionaries, do atheist give to the less fortunate, or go over seas to Africa etc to help with education, sickness and disease like Christian Missionaries do?
Yes. I am an RN, and I have participated in non-religous based medical-missions in several different countries. Google "medical mission" and you'll find HUNDREDS of secular medical groups who send MD's, RN's, RT's and other medical professionals to various countries on 6 continents to do medical work, open & staff clinics, give vaccinations, build roads, etc.
And I'm sure you've heard of the Peace Corps, Medicine Sans Frontiers (doctors without borders), etc? Those are all secular establishments founded for the betterment of 2nd and 3rd world countries.
An exceptionally large number of the medical professionals I've worked with on medical missions are atheists or agnostics. We're not going to the middle of the peruvian jungle because we're hoping for eternal salvation, we're doing it because it's the right thing to do.
Of course you know that your question was a dishonest one when you posed it, and I get the feeling you're not interested in facts or logic. But I still post it here to prove to others that your assumption that non-believers don't give to charity, don't help the poor, and don't do "mission" work (a phrase I hate when applied to secular activities) is bigoted and wrong. But you probably knew that already.