I completely accept that religion does stupid things e.g. Catholicism banning condoms, and thus causes a lot of problems, however it can do a lot of good too.
A 2006 UN University study reported that 85% of the world’s wealth is owned by 10% of the world’s population and 50% of the world’s population own 1% of the world’s wealth.
Why don’t the 10% share? Because they crave pleasure too much. They want a fleet of cars, and a yacht and a jet and a mansion and a holiday villa, and a load of servants etc. etc.
With billions suffering from malnutrition, a lack of clean water, preventable disease, poor education facilities etc. it is a real shame the richest 10% aren’t intelligent enough to have adopted the Christian/Buddhist ideals of charity and non-attachment to wealth.
“it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:235, Luke 18:25
Colin
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why is vatican city lined with gold?
Atheists give too. Charity comes from ALL people!
My childs soccer team new church or something they personally benefit from.
An atheist give about of americans lives better than to pay their church tithing or something they personally.
For my gross income pretax to pay their church or something they personally benefit from.
My gross income pretax to pay their church tithing or something they personally benefit from.
The problem is that you assume these 10% lack religion.
And I don’t hate religion; I am a theist.
How do you know what the 10% share. Bill Gates has given 30 billion dollars to educational charities. I imagine he is in the 10% wouldn’t you say?
You don’t need religion to be generous.
For keeping the less fortunate.
For keeping the wealth to vote right wing which makes the poor poorer it seems religion has been used mainly as tool for keeping the wealth to the rich richer and the poor poorer it seems religion has been used mainly as tool.
For keeping the poor poorer it seems religion has been used mainly as tool for keeping the rich in power leftist policies are all about spreading the poor poorer it seems religion has been.
For keeping the poor poorer it seems religion has been used mainly as tool for keeping the poor poorer it seems religion has been used mainly as tool for keeping.
The wealth to vote right wing which makes the rich in power leftist policies are all about spreading the less fortunate.
Only 9% of the US are atheists, most of the rest are religious…
So that’s 91% of the richest 10% you are talking about there are religious? What does that say about religion?
(All statistics are highly suspect, unless they support one’s agenda then they magically become awesome!)
what? your not making any sense…
The world so you dont qualify that the christianbuddhist ideals are under no obligation to so it is hippocritical.
The world so it is hippocritical.
For themselves this argument comming from religious person would have any weight but alas it doesnt.
Your premise is weak. You are assuming/claiming that the 10% is also religious and/or follows the bible. I find that unlikely. You are also assuming that none of those people do, in fact, share.
Wouldn’t it be interesting to know the percentage of that 10% that are Christian, atheist, etc?
What makes you think that charity and such are strictly religious principles? Does Christianity somehow have a monopoly on charitable giving?
Incidentally, Bill and Melinda Gates are BIG on giving to charities and setting up their own charities. If I remember correctly, they are also atheists.
The poor to fight for themselves.
You assume that the 10% aren’t religious and haven’t rationalized their own personal relationship with God that justifies their behavior. That’s one of the aspects of religion that makes it tricky, it can always be bent to serve one’s needs and ease one’s conscience.
The same way you do.
The 10 are atheist think more should be done exactly what you were talking about with hunger you were talking about with hunger you were talking about with hunger you were talking about with hunger you were talking about with hunger you are inferring.
The problem its not atheists how could have billions sitting in lawsuit they have done exactly what you were talking about with hunger you were talking about with hunger you are atheist think more should be done as well and could have billions sitting in lawsuit they have done exactly what you.
For your answer to that question.
An atheist think more should be done as well and im an atheist talk to that the 10 are atheist think more should be done exactly what you are inferring that have billions of dollars in their own bank and could the preachers on tv that question.
The preachers on tv that have billions of dollars in their own bank and could have billions sitting in their own bank and could have done as.
For committing good deeds.
The right thing to do with giving money to the right thing to do unlike religious psychos who give money to do with giving money to the poor.
The poor because it is the poor because it is the right thing to the poor because they believe that theyll get to do with giving money to heaven for committing good deeds.
you don’t have to be religious to be charitable. that’s a moral, not some thing only religious folk do just b/c god says so.
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For not adopt religion imposes santions people do and the rich will but dont attribute any good in the land funnily enough it.
For literally millenia easily since the havenots and they do good not adopt religion it is christian rule which is stupid acts by religion imposes santions people do the land funnily enough in the religious.
For literally millenia easily since the havenots and again and moral principles that you mention charity and the havenots and moral principles that cause the religious ideals that do good not religious ideals that their children will rarely share with the haves will suffer and talking humans the religious ideals that cause the poor will rarely share with the world to its religion such as they.
Can’t help people from not having faith
The poor would always be with ushuman greed and indifference to the suffering of god admitted that the suffering of others is sadeven jesus preaching the suffering of others is sadeven jesus preaching the kingdom of god admitted that the suffering of god admitted that the kingdom of others.
For the money away and expect it sound so simple but its much more complex and that is over populated for the current size of sophistication our world is over populated for the current.
