Fallible wrote:You are demonstrably not listening to what people are saying. You just drop a cowpat, go away for weeks then come back, skim some posts and drop the same stinking mess again. It has already been pointed out to you that ATHEISTS GIVE TO EXTANT ORGANISATIONS - THEY DON'T GIVE UNDER A BANNER.
Cowpat? Sounds like a local colloquialism.
Anyway, I was gone for 2 weeks because I was enjoying a nice vacation with my family visiting snow-covered mountains, one zoo, one cave, Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse Mountain, etc.. The natural sights were amazing in Colorado and South Dakota! How a "boring" God (according to skeptics) could create such an interesting world, I don't know. If I'm gone for a while, its because I went on a family trip or I was suspended from the forum, even sequentially - I have been gone for all of the above reasons.
You said: Atheist Organizations "don't give under a banner" although they do a lot of very high-profile and very expensive things under huge banners. But not when it comes to helping starving children in third-world nations. ok.
Did you know most Christians don't give under a banner either? Why?
Matthew 6:
1 "Take care! Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give a gift to someone in need, don't shout about it as the hypocrites do -- blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I assure you, they have received all the reward they will ever get. 3 But when you give to someone, don't tell your left hand what your right hand is doing. 4 Give your gifts in secret, and your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you." 5 "And now about prayer. When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I assure you, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father secretly. Then your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you." 7 "When you pray, don't babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered only by repeating their words again and again. 8 Don't be like them, because your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! 9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored. 10 May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done here on earth, just as it is in heaven. 11 Give us our food for today, 12 and forgive us our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us. 13 And don't let us yield to temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. " 14 "If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15 But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins." 16 "And when you fast, don't make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, who try to look pale and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I assure you, that is the only reward they will ever get. 17 But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face. 18 Then no one will suspect you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in secret. And your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you."
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