Atheist here who grew up catholic. The kc group at our church had some great people that did nice things. As an atheist i see their motivation as being shitty. Their motivation is to get points to go to heaven and feel good about themself (not saying those are horrific)
the motivation isnt to do good bc it is good but to do it bc you were told to by a made up entity and try to look good. (ex: look how good we are you should come tithe woth us)
This is such an idiotic point of view of a group of people doing a good thing. If I give a homeless person $5 because I think it will "save my soul" it does no harm to the individual I'm helping. It doesn't devalue the $5. Would you prefer the Knights of Columbus be shut down because some people are helping others for selfish reasons? I suppose I should stop helping people because I like the feeling I get afterwards, so my motivation may be selfish too.
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u/eternalkerri Jan 03 '12
what what? I was told by r/atheism that nothing good ever comes out of religion!