If anyone wants a serious answer for "why you don't see atheists being charitable". The answer is simply that atheists don't usually wear t-shirts to bring attention to them while doing charitable stuff. Also, since there are many closeted atheists out there doing charity, a chunk of the charity from the religious actually belongs to atheists ^^.
Kurgan wrote:
So by cherry picking one soup kitchen, you've proved a point? There are many secular charitable organizations (eg. Amnesty).
You missed the point of the thread but here is a consolation cookie: o .
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Despite this, people from the major religions actually give more to charity than most atheists do.
1. Citation needed.
2. Make sure not to include "donations to church and bigoted advocacy groups" as charity.
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