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4. Personal philosophies are uninteresting, particularly when millions are starving.

Thu May 14, 2015, 11:18 PM

May 2015

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Something is stirring in the religious world [View all] rug May 2015 OP

Religion refocusing on doing good? Yorktown May 2015 #1

Let me know when there's an atheist summit on poverty. rug May 2015 #2

Current examples and developments Yorktown May 2015 #5

I'm sure atgheism is the motive for these acts. rug May 2015 #7

Neither atheism nor religion are the causes of kindness Yorktown May 2015 #26

Perhaps not, but atheists do that sort of thing all the time as AtheistCrusader May 2015 #6

Secular humanism is not synonymous with atheism. rug May 2015 #8

Except I didn't do that. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #10

Atheism is a 'no' in response to a single question. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #12

Indeed. rug May 2015 #13

Why did you ask that non-sequitur in #2 then? AtheistCrusader May 2015 #14

Because it wasn't clear. rug May 2015 #15

Atheism is not causing anything. Neither is religion. Yorktown May 2015 #27

How refreshing to hear you say religion is not causing ISIS. rug May 2015 #32

LOL. My mistake: Religion is not a cause for good. Yorktown May 2015 #33

Excellent report on a great panel. cbayer May 2015 #9

Poor people just need more Prosperity Gospel Fumesucker May 2015 #16

BB King on why he became a blues singer rather than a gospel one.. Fumesucker May 2015 #18

It isn't just the Pentecostals okasha May 2015 #20

Lol! rug May 2015 #22

Ask any wait staff about the "Sunday after church" crowd Fumesucker May 2015 #21

Oh, those poor, misguided Liberation Theologians. okasha May 2015 #23

Bullshit. cbayer May 2015 #24

N'awlins is like a different planet Fumesucker May 2015 #25

That was my experience, too, in Atlanta and in Fort Worth. Mariana May 2015 #28

I think it does very much depend where you were. cbayer May 2015 #30

Point taken. I know it's a different planet. cbayer May 2015 #29

uh, then why did you bring it up as an argument? Warren Stupidity May 2015 #31