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xfundy

(5,105 posts) Mon Aug 12, 2013, 01:54 AM Aug 2013

Even years after the cheat is exposed [View all]

Believers still buy into it.

I guess it doesn't matter how many times the crooks are exposed, there's a sucker born (or "reborn&quot

every minute.

Imagine how much good all the money these crooks are given could actually do to help the poor, the sick, the hungry-- basically all the things I was taught "christian" meant when I was a child.

"Christians" today, at least the most vocal ones, are the exact opposite of what I was taught as a child in the 70s and 80s.

Actually, more like the Antichrist we were warned about repeatedly.

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Even years after the cheat is exposed [View all] xfundy Aug 2013 OP

Anyone who tells me to take my checkbook out from the pulpit is not getting anything unless hrmjustin Aug 2013 #1

That's peachy. xfundy Aug 2013 #2

Petition the government to change that. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #9

How long were you a fundy? rug Aug 2013 #3

Until I actually read the whole Bible. xfundy Aug 2013 #5

It took me twice through the whole thing. nt Still Blue in PDX Aug 2013 #11

It's very dense. xfundy Aug 2013 #14

I know a guy who claims he can get you one Tyrs WolfDaemon Aug 2013 #25

What a hoot! xfundy Aug 2013 #26

Great. Call believers suckers. cbayer Aug 2013 #4

He called a particular subset of believers "suckers." trotsky Aug 2013 #6

I used a WC Fields quote. xfundy Aug 2013 #7

I am going to speak to the taxation issue. cbayer Aug 2013 #10

Perhaps, then xfundy Aug 2013 #12

Absolutely agree. Both religious and secular. cbayer Aug 2013 #13

And what tears should we shed if such organizations have to exist on a percentage of their income AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #27

If you are proposing that all legitimate non-profits lose their tax exempt status, cbayer Aug 2013 #28

Actually, the government programs are among some of the best run - by far. trotsky Aug 2013 #29

Yes, ALL. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #30

So, all the charities in this country that provide assistance to the neediest among us should cbayer Aug 2013 #31

Strawman alert. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #32

Economics alert. cbayer Aug 2013 #33

"They will not survive if their tax status is changed." trotsky Aug 2013 #34

You say 'economics' and then you spout unfounded nonsense. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #36

Ok, we can agree on this, I guess. cbayer Aug 2013 #40

You don't seem to have a high opinion of government safety net efficiency. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #41

Having worked extensively with both governmental and 501(3)c organizations, no I don't. cbayer Aug 2013 #43

Don't tell me I haven't answered your question, when I have. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #44

I think you may have successfully auditioned for the job. cbayer Aug 2013 #47

Part of the reason government does not always provide is AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #48

It's creepy, in a way... trotsky Aug 2013 #52

And suggested I might find bedfellows with the Libertarians... AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #53

WTF. "Democrat party." 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2013 #62

That's right!! I'm a republican troll. cbayer Aug 2013 #63

Where did I say such a thing? 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2013 #64

What exactly did you know, then? cbayer Aug 2013 #66

Obscure inside jokes are unhelpful. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #58

Yes, I know. cbayer Aug 2013 #59

Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Easter Seals, Nature Conservancy, Planned Parenthood cbayer Aug 2013 #35

Yes. All of them. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #37

Well, hope you are ready to find some way to take care of these people. cbayer Aug 2013 #38

You have yet to offer any credible evidence they would be faced with that end result. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #39

Nah, you are right. They would all be fine, I am sure. cbayer Aug 2013 #42

How many times do I have to give you the SAME ANSWER. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #45

Ok, well you might want to start looking at the libertarian candidates, because you cbayer Aug 2013 #46

No I wouldn't. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #49

And all the other social safety nets as well. cbayer Aug 2013 #50

Only the hardest of the hard-core objectivists frame charity as sacrifice that is an immoral waste AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #51

I've asked three libertarians this morning. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #54

That makes sense. I understand that would be their bottom line. cbayer Aug 2013 #55

It could also be said they only take it a step further than you do, too. trotsky Aug 2013 #56

I see absolutely no relation between what I recommend, and what they desire. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #57

Privatization is not the same as non-governmental agencies providing cbayer Aug 2013 #60

Some charites are also about personal profit. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #61

If a charity is for personal profit, then it is not technically a 501(c)3. cbayer Aug 2013 #65

I cannot point you to any sites AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #67

Considering how YOU labeled Creationists as "dumbasses", you really have no room to criticize. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #8

Here's another one xfundy Aug 2013 #15

Do you see anybody collecting money on this? rug Aug 2013 #16

There's always the potential. xfundy Aug 2013 #17

Your OP did. rug Aug 2013 #18

Yes it did. xfundy Aug 2013 #19

Speaking of brain power, when you say "here's another one", you must mean "here's something else". rug Aug 2013 #20

I see what you did there. xfundy Aug 2013 #21

Perhaps you should conjure up a little more xfundy Aug 2013 #22

You came back to the post to say that? rug Aug 2013 #23

Sure. xfundy Aug 2013 #24