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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where are the atheist charities (as opposed to just secular charities), anyway?[/quote]

This may be the dumbest question I have heard in a long time - although I suspect it is simply a troll.  You disprove your own argument in the same sentence you make it by admitting there are many secular charities.  Nice! But more importantly:[b] Atheism is not a belief but rather a lack of a belief[/b]. You might as well ask where the bald charities are. Or the people who don't play golf charities.

Really, really dumb if you genuinely meant it.  Nice troll tho if you didn't.

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The fact that atheism has no belief system is totally irrelevant, not sure why you’re leaning into that. Secular charities are supported by both atheists and people of faith, so you don’t get to claim them as your own. You guys have organizations to support each other and where you get (often really ignorant) talking points about religion—so why aren’t these atheist organizations doing charitable work?

Pro tip: repeating the word “dumb” over and over doesn’t make it so. It just makes you look childish, which isn’t helped by your many logic errors. [/quote]

I'll repeat "dumb" over when dumb statements are made, thank you.  Like asking where the atheist charities are.  Let's take this new batch one by one:

[quote]The fact that atheism has no belief system is totally irrelevant[/quote]

Uhhh.... no, it is exactly the most important point.

[quote]Secular charities are supported by both atheists and people of faith, so you don’t get to claim them as your own. [/quote]

I didn't "claim them for atheists".  I pointed out that the majority of charities have no religious affiliation, just like... :-)

[quote]You guys have organizations to support each other and where you get (often really ignorant) talking points about religion—so why aren’t these atheist organizations doing charitable work?[/quote]

We do?  I guess my newsletter is lost in the mail.  I know of one, the Atheist Community of Austin, TX, which is 1500 miles from where I live.  I'm sure there are others, but no, that is not a thing.  (The Austin group claims they do plenty of charity work but I am not a member).  And I know this will make you unhappy, but that is another dumb claim.[/quote]

You can’t argue with manipulative and dumb, but I’ll try.

Once more, since you didn’t understand the first time:

1. You did, in fact, argue in your first post that I “admitted” there are secular charities thus, you said, “disproving” the non-existence of atheist charities. It’s right up above where everybody can see your words. No, you don’t get to claim that secular organizations (EDF, Make a Wish, the Humane Society, so many more) are atheist because people of faith support them as well or more.

2. You can keep playing dumb, but why don’t you guys organize for charity? Defecting with some Texan affiliation group doesn’t cut it because o
affiliation isn’t the point. The point is organizing for charity. Is the problem that none of you have organizational skills? Are you all too poor to contribute to charity at all? Are there too few atheists to organize a charity? Or[b] is it that you chose to focus your energies on being miserable trolls on the internet?[/b][/quote]

Have you looked in the mirror lately?[/quote]

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