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Tue Apr-06-10 10:43 PM
Response to Reply #35 |
| 38. It very much exists on a local basis. |
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Of course, most of what is done is on a local basis. Just because a few national organizations are well known, well, that doesn't mean much in the real world.
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| -On atheism and charity. |
LAGC |
Apr-05-10 11:05 AM |
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I give to about 120 non-religious charities each year. Most are global. |
sinkingfeeling |
Apr-05-10 11:08 AM |
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I guess I'm looking more for charities that work on the local level. |
LAGC |
Apr-05-10 11:11 AM |
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Most secular charities that work on the local level are individual and local. |
iris27 |
Apr-05-10 12:05 PM |
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Yes, there is always “plenty of need right nearby”. |
ironbark |
Apr-06-10 08:25 PM |
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I don't know where you live, but I bet that an organization similar to this (see link) exists there. |
HuckleB |
Apr-06-10 08:35 PM |
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That’s great, but it’s not what the OP asked. |
ironbark |
Apr-06-10 09:28 PM |
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Actually, it is. |
HuckleB |
Apr-06-10 10:41 PM |
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I’d like to congratulate you on the birth of your sky pixie god agency. |
ironbark |
Apr-08-10 02:50 AM |
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Your fallacies are quite humorous. |
HuckleB |
Apr-09-10 01:26 PM |
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Your blatant forgery and falsification of my pov is not humorous |
ironbark |
Apr-09-10 04:07 PM |
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There are plenty of non-religious charities out there. |
MineralMan |
Apr-05-10 11:13 AM |
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Well said. That's exactly the way to do it, IMO |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-05-10 07:40 PM |
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You want receipts? |
YOY |
Apr-05-10 11:32 AM |
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"...they are actually fucking saving people from poverty" Yeah, at a PRICE. |
beam me up scottie |
Apr-05-10 12:31 PM |
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Well then...no 10$ check for them. |
YOY |
Apr-05-10 02:18 PM |
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Most religious charity around here is made by Catholics. I'll contribute to them, no problem. |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Apr-05-10 11:49 AM |
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Thank you |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-05-10 02:55 PM |
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Don't thank me. I calls 'em as I sees 'em. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Apr-05-10 03:22 PM |
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Doctors Without Borders? Oxfam? |
Silent3 |
Apr-05-10 12:11 PM |
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Well, Oxfam was originally founded by a group of |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-05-10 07:37 PM |
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It doesn't matter to me much who founded Oxfam. |
Silent3 |
Apr-08-10 06:27 AM |
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I despise Aunty Sally's policies toward gays |
Warpy |
Apr-05-10 12:14 PM |
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Yeah, I have mixed feelings about them |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-05-10 02:57 PM |
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Wow... that's a pretty unfounded and broad-brush |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-05-10 02:52 PM |
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Oh no, when the proponent/s of the pov have psychic insight |
ironbark |
Apr-05-10 07:05 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Apr-05-10 07:26 PM |
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that's what's great about all the Apatheist charities |
omega minimo |
Apr-06-10 12:57 AM |
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Okay, just happened to open this thread on a computer where I wasn't logged in. |
iris27 |
Apr-08-10 09:30 AM |
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There are plenty of secular charities, as you say. There are few-to-no specifically atheist |
iris27 |
Apr-05-10 07:10 PM |
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Why can't you find organizations devoted to not collecting stamps that have charities? |
Fumesucker |
Apr-07-10 07:58 AM |
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Yeah, but nobody on the other side gets that. |
darkstar3 |
Apr-07-10 08:42 AM |
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And as soon as you designate “surrogate community” as “horseshit” you don’t get it. |
ironbark |
Apr-08-10 01:16 AM |
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That was my point |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-07-10 07:00 PM |
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Okay...except the OP wasn't looking for specifically atheist charities. |
iris27 |
Apr-07-10 09:20 PM |
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Gotcha |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-08-10 08:11 AM |
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“shouldn't be written off” because they are religious |
ironbark |
Apr-08-10 08:55 AM |
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Well, I do understand if we're talking about the SA in particular |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-08-10 01:21 PM |
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I only donate to non-religious charities. |
Odin2005 |
Apr-05-10 03:40 PM |
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"This is a question mainly for atheists..." |
omega minimo |
Apr-06-10 12:35 AM |
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Perhaps because the word contains "theist" and because |
MineralMan |
Apr-06-10 02:47 PM |
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So, in summary so far, zero secular candidate organizations nominated. |
ironbark |
Apr-06-10 05:05 AM |
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Generalized charities have a tendency to bloat and become inefficient with their money distribution. |
darkstar3 |
Apr-06-10 08:49 AM |
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Apr-06-10 07:26 PM |
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Check out Foundation Beyond Belief |
HuckleB |
Apr-06-10 11:10 AM |
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Yea, I checked it out, it does not fit the OP criteria |
ironbark |
Apr-06-10 07:20 PM |
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Seems like you're obsessed with finding a "perfect" fit. |
HuckleB |
Apr-06-10 07:40 PM |
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Yea, its my obsessive preference for people telling the truth |
ironbark |
Apr-06-10 09:05 PM |
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Well, personally, I find it alarming. |
LAGC |
Apr-06-10 09:47 PM |
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It very much exists on a local basis. |
HuckleB |
Apr-06-10 10:43 PM |
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Oh, but don't you see, |
darkstar3 |
Apr-06-10 10:45 PM |
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Alas, I am starting to see that. |
HuckleB |
Apr-06-10 11:00 PM |
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I don’t believe anyone should be surprised or alarmed |
ironbark |
Apr-07-10 12:25 AM |
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More BS. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-10 09:46 AM |
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When you misrepresent what I said you do indeed provide "More BS" |
ironbark |
Apr-08-10 01:55 AM |
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Clearly, telling the truth is not exactly your priority. |
HuckleB |
Apr-06-10 10:40 PM |
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And of course you will back the slur with example, quote or cite? |
ironbark |
Apr-07-10 01:58 AM |
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You offered anecdotes. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-10 09:44 AM |
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I admire the way you hasten from one shifting sand to another |
ironbark |
Apr-08-10 02:24 AM |
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Now you accuse me of doing what you do. |
HuckleB |
Apr-09-10 01:26 PM |
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You make of me a prophet |
ironbark |
Apr-09-10 04:22 PM |
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What you really have to ask yourself is, |
darkstar3 |
Apr-07-10 08:46 AM |
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Exactly. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-10 09:45 AM |
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Yes, I do. (n/t) |
Iggo |
Apr-06-10 09:46 PM |
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There are plenty of charitable organizations |
Dorian Gray |
Apr-07-10 05:09 AM |
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The United Way? |
beam me up scottie |
Apr-07-10 10:56 AM |
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The Carter Center. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Apr-07-10 05:55 PM |
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Also Habitat for Humanity. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Apr-08-10 04:34 AM |
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Habitat starts each day with a prayer to one specific deity named Jesus. |
darkstar3 |
Apr-08-10 08:51 AM |
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