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Originally Posted by Travler
Get rid of Religion and you might as well get rid of Charity too. I don't know the numbers but I am quite certain that most Charities are based in religion.
The most vulnerable members of society need religion and help more than anyone else. If they become believers thats great. If not then God bless them. But helping the disadvantaged is exactly what Jesus wants us to do. Gaining members has is both a good thing and a challenge for a church. One the one hand more people mean more money and more hands to do stuff. On the other hand more people means that larger buildings are needed or more services and more people to run things.
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Surely if the bibles to be believed then ‘Jesus’ also wanted us to also be tolerant of others lifestyles and actions did he not. After all the bible goes to great lengths to show him hanging around with whores and other ‘unpleasant’ characters and showing them forgiveness and understanding but that doesn’t stop Christians being some of the most intolerant, quick to judge, bigoted people on this planet.
I just wish people like you would stop with all this “WWJD” type crap because the ‘Jesus’ that the bible talks about bears no resemblance to the ‘followers’ that your religion churns out. If the church is going to preach about how we should live our lives then they should first get their house in order and actual act in a way that is more like the way ‘Jesus’ lived rather than ignore the parts that tell us we should live in a tolerant and open minded manner just because it undermines the church’s ability to brainwash and control their congregation.
If there is a god, unless he is some kind of megalomaniac I bet he’s completely embarrassed to see those following organised religion acting in the brain dead, bigoted manner that they do especially when it’s being done in his name. After all if he did create us he made us all the way we are be it black or white, male or female, straight or gay and he also gave us the ability to be free thinking. This means if you attack others for how they are or attack people for their choices then your attacking the very person you worship as it was of ‘god’ doing.
Anyway if religious groups want to start charities then good for them and it should be encouraged but charities are there to help people and at no point should they start being preached to and attempted to be converted. If they want religion there are enough churches they can walk into without people taking advantage of their situation to bring them into your ‘cult’