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el_bryanto

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3. What special praise are you talking about?
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:20 AM
Jun 2014

If you are talking about how it is brought up in the religion forum, well I would suspect that's because many people in the religion forum believe that religion is a source of evil or insanity - and spend much of their time saying so. So talking about the positives that come from religion is a counterbalance to the repeated suggestion that religion kills kids or that religious folk are dishonest and deluded.

If you are talking about how religious folks bring up the charity their faith does, well there's a few reasons for that probably. They might bring it up to encourage more work for said charities, but they might also bring it up in a prideful kind of way.

As for your last paragraph, I don't know how to answer that - are you saying that religious charities shouldn't exist? Because they might make non-believers uncomfortable? How much do you want to kneecap religious ability to participate in society?

Bryant

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And the same question for you as I put to cbayer in her post of yesterday intaglio Jun 2014 #1
This is the interfaith group so we talk about religion in here. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2
What special praise are you talking about? el_bryanto Jun 2014 #3
Check the cbayer thread in Religion (link above) intaglio Jun 2014 #4
I trashed the religion forum because of mean-spirited assholes el_bryanto Jun 2014 #5
You want to talk - untrash intaglio Jun 2014 #6
No thanks - I've been there before. I know what it's like. el_bryanto Jun 2014 #7
I have not been there as much but I love the oeople on both sides. I even miss those on ignore. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #8
If you're nostalgic you can always browse the yahoo message boards. rug Jun 2014 #15
lol send me a link in a pm if your serious. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #16
No, it was a joke. rug Jun 2014 #17
I used to post on Yahoo in 2000 and a few years after. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #18
Yeah, it was a good gateway at the time. rug Jun 2014 #19
What comparable percentage does "all too often" represent? kentauros Jun 2014 #9
As this is as you pointed out a protected group intaglio Jun 2014 #10
You thought it prudent to bring that topic to this forum, kentauros Jun 2014 #11
No, I said that the article had already been posted by cbayer intaglio Jun 2014 #12
Your welcome to post here but your post number 4 did seem a bit insulting although you might not hrmjustin Jun 2014 #13
There are numerous topics that get posted here and in Religion. kentauros Jun 2014 #14
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