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From the very start of organized religion it's always been about money and power for those in charge.
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A lot of religions don't even subscribe to the notion of "Hell", not as evangelicals imagine it.
If Buddhism wants power and control over people, they're doing a pretty shitty job of it.
I'd have more sympathy if these trite little Squallmark cards were able to distinguish "religion" from "right-wing 'evangelical' so-called Christianity".
Still wondering where the atheist disaster relief organization is. Here's the Methodist Church's:
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@mcfate Treating atheists as an organized group (which would be necessary for the charity you imagine) so you can denounce them is straw manning itself. The only commonality between atheists is their complete lack of belief in any gods or goddesses. There are plenty of charities that can be donated to.
While Buddhism may be what you say - AFAIK then it is the only one from pre-historical times onward that doesn't push some sort of obey our god(s) or bad things will happen to us.
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People have to be part of some OTHER organization before they decide to organize their acquaintances to do charitable work? Huh?
Do atheists have no atheist friends with common societal concerns?
I mean, the bottom line is that the organized religions make all those atheist claims about high ethics look like hand-waving.
"They're there, but you can't SEE them, and the UNDETECTABLE."
Terrific. Anyone can claim anything.
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Meanwhile, Michael Shermer tries to get girls half his age drunk enough so they won't notice he's helping them to HIS hotel room.
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It's charming that Sam Harris doesn't need any "God" to tell him that pre-emptive nukings and torture are a-okay if you're doing it to MUSLIMS.
Physicians, heal thyselves. If people are getting specifically scammed, expose the scammer.
What you're doing is like "stopping arson" by demanding that matches and lighters be banned.
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If you'd replaced "religion" with "megachurches" or even "right-wing 'evangelicals'", we wouldn't be having this discussion.
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@NorthernInvader
Prehistorical times? No. ShintΕ's another one. Quakerism. Unitarianism. Heck, Judaism doesn't have a "hell" or even an AFTERLIFE, arguably, and it's surely not about money.
You're mad at Catholics and megachurches, but you paint with a brush as big as the planet.
If someone came up with a swindle that involved getting people to read Kant, you'd be down on philosophy.