Ricky Gervais explaining how he became an Atheist

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SciFiBoy said:

Kasz216 said:

SciFiBoy said:

i didnt say it was charity, i said its helping the same people

most every atheist i know, is a nice person who cares about others, they may not give to charity, but are they lesser people becuase of that? i dont think so, do you?

I do...

though I look down on everybody who has more then just what they need to survive since there are people who don't have enough of things to survive.  (Yes the includes me.)

People who are willing to give up at least a little bit of themselves are better off then those who aren't willing to help out at all... but still largely selfish dicks.

 

 

i do voulanrty work, is that not giving up a bit of myslef to help others?

btw, if not already clear, im an Atheist

It's the same thing as donating money to charity.  That time you are giving up could either have been spent at a job making money or spent on leisure time.

Also... I didn't say atheists don't help charities at all.  Just less then religious people.  Likely because religious people they need to.

That's not why i donate money to charity and do charity work.  But a lot of peopel do charity work because "That's what Jesus would want" or whatever.

Without "It's what jesus would want" would they have developed the motive to give to charity?  Perhaps, perhaps not.  Who knows.