Atheists Helping the Homeless completes its 31st giveaway, begins charter groups

[rug]

http://www.atheistshelpingthehomeless.org/AHTH2/AHTH/index.php

October 17, 2011

Since September 2009, atheist volunteers in Texas have been gathering on Sundays at 7th Street and the I-35 freeway in downtown Austin to help the homeless. The location is a popular place, where a number of church groups also give food, clothing and aid, but their help is accompanied with preaching and religious music.

Atheists Helping the Homeless provides a secular approach and fills a need that has not been adequately met by providing toiletries and other non-perishable items.

On Sunday, the group finished its 31st giveaway. They say that they have helped over 1,500 homeless people so far.

Atheists Helping the Homeless is now forming chapter groups outside of the Austin area. 100% of donations — whether in cash or in product — goes toward helping those in need.

http://www.goddiscussion.com/82946/atheists-helping-the-homeless-completes-its-31st-giveaway-begins-charter-groups/

Kudos.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RQHDYHvVPgw#!

[DesertFlower]

1. but, but, but we have no moral values.

:sarcasm:

[David Sky]

5. Atheists= Communists!!! Anyone helping the poor keep their homes is...

anti-American, Communists, and this just proves it once and for all Atheists are really Socialist Communists!!!

Please, do I have to?????

OK so I won't get complained against and banned by the overly stupid..............

:sarcasm:

But your post.......here's one for you, COMRADE!!!

:yourock:

[NMMNG]

7. They could always take the Biblical perspective on it

2 Thessalonians 3:10

10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

[BlueJazz]

2. But the poor have to listen to a sermon about No-God first.

....and we make them take money out of the offering plate.

[Festivito]

12. The lack of sermon being the wordless sermon itself.

Good on these atheists for doing this.

I still say that as they organize, someday they shall acquire the same problems organized religion encounters today.

[darkstar3]

13. Or maybe, as the world recognizes that religion and belief aren't required for anything,

we'll move to a more religiously apathetic society like some European countries already have.

[Festivito]

15. Possibly. Do you believe that would happen? /nt

[darkstar3]

17. It would require that atheist groups survive the backlash.

[Festivito]

18. And, I'm still saying that they'll have more to survive after that.

Same stuff that religions today must survive now.

[darkstar3]

19. Since that makes no sense, I'll simply say "whatever."

[Festivito]

22. If you can't make sense of what is written and whatever works for you, have your whatever. /nt

[NMMNG]

3. But why would anybody help others without god to motivate them?

It makes no sense.

[demosincebirth]

9. "...works in mysterious ways."

[cleanhippie]

14. Perhaps you can try that again.

Try to make your post intelligible this time, ok?

[Snotcicles]

4. Atheists, are GOOD for NOTHING. nt

[David Sky]

6. Seriously, I'd L O V E to hear of a Christian or Jewish or other religion..........

doing this kind of thing in Texas!

In Texas!

Yes Please, let's hope that there's 1000 churches and synagogues out there doing this in Texas, PLEASE!

[rug]

16. Are you seriously saying there is no religious charities for the homeless in Texas?

"In Texas!"

What else don't you like about Texas?

[David Sky]

23. I'd LOVE to see "evidence" that religious charities are

reaching out to the homeless in Texas. How much they have grown, now that there is so much more need.

And as to your other question, just look at your past couple of Governors to know how I feel about Texas.

[rug]

24. Google religious charities for the homeless in Texas.

:eyes:

[David Sky]

25. First one using your Google term: "Bethany Christian Trust supports 4,000 homeless in............

Bethany Christian Trust supports 4,000 homeless and vulnerable people every year in Scotland

to find, equip and maintain a home within their local community."

Last I knew, Texas is big, but Scotland is NOT in Texas!

All other searches on that term did NOT return anything having to do with homelessness, more about pregnancy, etc.

OH, but there was THIS:

"Lust for Black Gold
Estate of Tulsa Oilman E. F. Blaise Left in Religious Trusts; Brain Disabled Grandson, Abandoned by Dad, Dies Homeless; Widow Marie Blaise Charged With Extreme Child Cruelty."

http://www.surfingman10.org/BlaiseEstate.html

[rug]

26. Check the other 4,310,000 results.

I know, I know, you have a meme to promote.

BTW, this was the first hit: http://www.catholiccharitiesdallas.org/

This is the second: http://www.catholiccharities.org/

This is the third: http://www.ccctx.org/

Etc.

[David Sky]

37. Yeah, and NONE of them talked about helping the homeless, which was ....

part of my question.

Catholic Charities.....I already told you, they FORCE CHILDREN to have babies against their will!!
I already mentioned that, Pregnancy, etc........did you want me to draw you a picture?

Charity? I don't think so!

[rug]

39. "they FORCE CHILDREN to have babies against their will!!"

Are you insane?

[demosincebirth]

8. must be first time ever, doing Gods work. Keep doing it.

[darkstar3]

10. God's work?

Which work is that? Feeding the masses with miraculous bread and fish, or genocide and damnation? It kinda seems like he's into both from the book I was given.

[demosincebirth]

27. Keep doing it I say to them.

[David Sky]

11. Probaby more like religions have given up doing God's work, religions are doing the work of

the Wall Street banks, instead.

[demosincebirth]

28. Yea right. Dumb anwer. Just like a rwinger, if you can't answer...change the subject.

[trotsky]

20. That is incredibly insulting to non-believers in two different ways.

I hope you can figure out what they both are.

[demosincebirth]

29. Insulting? When someone tells you you are doing God's work. Have you

ever gotten you feet wet and tried it.

[trotsky]

31. As I figured.

1) It's not "god's work." It is humanity's work. Your god is doing nothing.

2) "must be first time ever" - Way to hold non-believers in such low esteem that you assume they've never done any charitable act.

Religious bigotry is an ugly, ugly thing.

[demosincebirth]

32. Have you?

[trotsky]

33. I have volunteered for, donated to, and supported many charities and continue to do so.

Will you apologize for your insensitive comment now?

[demosincebirth]

34. Insensitive by saying' "its God's work?" No way. nt

[trotsky]

38. Thank you for your progressive tolerance.

You might as well have said it was mighty white of them. Maybe someday you will recognize both of those sayings for what they are.

[NMMNG]

21. If God were doing his own work

People wouldn't be homeless in the first place.

[demosincebirth]

30. Don't blame Him. Blame the ones we see in the mirror everyday.

[NMMNG]

36. I don't blame God, as I don't believe in him

I just find it absurd and condescending that people call it "God's work" to help the needy even when it's done by those who clearly don't believe in gods. It stems from that bullshit view that anything good is from/for God and everything bad is by humans/Satan.

[demosincebirth]

40. Like I said look in the mirror. nt

[laconicsax]

35. Wow, what an incredibly ignorant and bigoted statement!

:wow: