Kasz216 said:
The_vagabond7 said:
Kasz216 said:
The_vagabond7 said:
My impression of Kasz216
Anybody: "Hey, I saw this PBS special on the historical jesus...."
Kasz216: "ATHEISTS ARE LESS CHARITABLE!! I have a chart."
No offense man, I think you're one of the more intelligent people around here, but you like to work that into pretty much any religious conversation. I mean this topic was kind of a stretch.
"I don't understand why anyone would be an atheist."
"They don't donate to charity, that's why!!!"
I mean seriously? Do I look up unflattering statistics about religious people and post them in any topic that has "god" in the first post? At some point you just gotta admit it's in bad taste. |
You don't think that not being tied to some third party moral belief code isn't an advantage?
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That isn't exactly what you said there.
"On average atheists make more money and donate a smaller percentage of their earnings to charity. So there is quite the financial gain."
I mean that's like if I somebody said "why would somebody believe in god?" and I replied "Because statistically it's more likely you'll use violence to enforce your political views, which is alot easier than through discussion."
I don't have a pie chart for that, nor have I read any studies. But if I brought that into every topic, it would be in poor taste and show that I have a certain disdain or at the very least, lack of respect for a group of people.
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Well first off. They are two different statements.
1) Atheists make more money.
2) Atheists donate less money to charity.
Which are two financial gains to being an atheist... due to not being tied in to a third party norm system.
Also... both statements are based on studies.
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My problem with your statement isn't it's innaccuracy. I could go into a bunch of topics and say how studies show there are more black men in jail than in college, but at some point people are going to raise their eye brows and wonder if I'm part of the KKK. It's not that the statement can't be proven, it's that if you feel a need to work that into any conversation where it is remotely applicaple then that's going to say something about you.
