carl wrote:Nebogipfel wrote:carl wrote:
IMHO, if I see evidence of resources going toward Christian billboards but almost none toward feeding the poor, I would object. This is not the case with Christian organizations which support massive feeding efforts in third-world nations. With atheist organizations, however, we see the opposite: primarily billboards, lawsuits, and conventions but very little help toward third world nations.
carl, why should athiest organizations need to make for humanitarian aid, when there are perfectly good secular organisations like.....
Atheist organizations defer to others the initiative of hard work to establish charities to third-world nations but decide to take the initiative when it comes to lawsuits for separation of church and state, for which there are secular organizations which already do that too.
Yes, they do have their priorities....
Christ in a Datsun Cherry this getting tedious, let's try a slightly different tack.

See this funny looking chap here, carl? That's Prince Philip and he's the husband of the Queen of England.
Now, there's an island a long way a way from America called Tanna and on this island there's a a tribe called the Yaohnanen people. You're not going to believe this carl, but the Yaohnanen people believe Prince Philip is a divine being! They think he's a God! It's true! They're quite serious about it.
I'm pretty sure you don't believe Prince Phillip is a god - that would be silly wouldn't it? But now you know this, are you going to give to the poor in the name of not believing that Prince Philip is a God? If not, why not? And would we be able to conclude anything about your character if you didn't?
Now imagine if this cargo cult, for some bizarre reason, became popular in America and some of it's adherents starting insisting that children in school pray to Prince Phillip and wanted to make it law. Wouldn't you organise against such a stupid idea? Wouldn't you approach congress and say look, as a person who doesn't believe that Prince Phillip is a God, I shouldn't be forced to kowtow to him by law or have to adhere to this cargo cult in any way, shape or form?
And would that make your non-belief in the divinity of Prince Phillip your religion or define who you are?
