Practising Muslims 'will outnumber Christians by 2035'

Listen to these some of these comments! It's a us against "them" attitude no matter what. It's always been this way throughout history wherever religion is involved.

And you all wonder why the monkey in the middle "atheists, agnostics, freethinkers" stick our noses in other people's beliefs. It's because some believers will destroy the world just to prove their invisible sky god is the one true Being.

Of course, all He has to do is SHOW UP and tell everyone what's what. No muss, no fuss. (That is, in real life... not in a 2000 year old tale, but right now.)

Simple.

So why doesn't he? (Hint, hint.)

Perhaps in 30 years, so many people will have spoken up about this that we won't have to ...

Listen to these some of these comments! It's a us against "them" attitude no matter what. It's always been this way throughout history wherever religion is involved.

And you all wonder why the monkey in the middle "atheists, agnostics, freethinkers" stick our noses in other people's beliefs. It's because some believers will destroy the world just to prove their invisible sky god is the one true Being.

Of course, all He has to do is SHOW UP and tell everyone what's what. No muss, no fuss. (That is, in real life... not in a 2000 year old tale, but right now.)

Simple.

So why doesn't he? (Hint, hint.)

Perhaps in 30 years, so many people will have spoken up about this that we won't have to worry about the human race being destroyed over some other person's invisible god.

Religion has done an awful lot of harm to the world and individuals. It's a crouch for people that feel empty

Ridiculous statement. Go to a third world country and see how vital is the work of religious people and organisations If the religious people pulled out of Africa, the continent would collapse. Most of you atheists are so ignorant, it's beyond irritating. You atheists sit on your couches flinging barbs at the religious of the world. I have yet to see an atheist orphanage open in Africa. I have yet to see an atheist feeding scheme for the poor. I have yet to see atheist clinics treating the sick and the injured. The atheists I have seen for the most part on Clip...

Religion has done an awful lot of harm to the world and individuals. It's a crouch for people that feel empty

Ridiculous statement. Go to a third world country and see how vital is the work of religious people and organisations If the religious people pulled out of Africa, the continent would collapse. Most of you atheists are so ignorant, it's beyond irritating. You atheists sit on your couches flinging barbs at the religious of the world. I have yet to see an atheist orphanage open in Africa. I have yet to see an atheist feeding scheme for the poor. I have yet to see atheist clinics treating the sick and the injured. The atheists I have seen for the most part on Clipmarks are arrogant, hypocritical and laughably, woefully ignorant.

It's only been recent that Atheists organizations have been ALLOWED to operate in the open without being severely attacked by... you know who!

An atheist can't even run for public office in America, a supposedly secular government, because most voters being religious wouldn't give her the time of day.

I give monthly, automatically, to a Christian organization (Feed the Children) because they have an international outreach and the amount that goes to management is very acceptable.

I also give to a Christian organization because if I for one moment gave the same funds to a non-Christian organization I might be arrested for contributing to (thanks to Bush and the Christian right) a terrorist...

It's only been recent that Atheists organizations have been ALLOWED to operate in the open without being severely attacked by... you know who!

An atheist can't even run for public office in America, a supposedly secular government, because most voters being religious wouldn't give her the time of day.

I give monthly, automatically, to a Christian organization (Feed the Children) because they have an international outreach and the amount that goes to management is very acceptable.

I also give to a Christian organization because if I for one moment gave the same funds to a non-Christian organization I might be arrested for contributing to (thanks to Bush and the Christian right) a terrorist organization.

In other words, it's the only way we (atheists, agnostics, freethinkers) CAN give freely to help others without being attacked by... you know who.

And that's the point.

So to assume that religious organizations that help others, is somehow evidence that non-religious people don't help others is simply not valid.

(I could actually show you study after study that show religious people are actually LESS helpful and LESS honest than the non-religious. But that would be beside this point.)

No one needs religion to do good. And no one needs religion to do harm. But to do harm in the name of a god or religion... some of us are just getting sick of it.

So we speak up. The centuries of Christian terrorism, the suicide bombings, the treatment of women, gays, science... it's all harm in the name of religion.

"God doesn't do charity work, people do."

Yes, religion HAS done a lot of harm in the word and has killed and tortured countless non-believers, even while we speak!

Killing while being charitable... wouldn't you call that arrogant, hypocritical and laughably, woefully ignorant?

Let the truth be told.

@michellezm

Re: Atheism and Charity. Here are plenty examples and why you would never hear of them. Including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, among the two largest charitable organizations and donors in American history (much of their work is in Africa).

The Red Cross was founded by freethinker/deist/universalist Clara Barton. Lance Armstrong for his anti-cancer charity.

Benjamin Franklin a freethinker (& is said to have been a deist) co-founded Pennsylvania Hospital (the first hospital in the US, according to that link) with a Quaker.

Freedom from Religion Foundation has received a 4-star rating from
Charity Navigato...

@michellezm

Re: Atheism and Charity. Here are plenty examples and why you would never hear of them. Including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, among the two largest charitable organizations and donors in American history (much of their work is in Africa).

The Red Cross was founded by freethinker/deist/universalist Clara Barton. Lance Armstrong for his anti-cancer charity.

Benjamin Franklin a freethinker (& is said to have been a deist) co-founded Pennsylvania Hospital (the first hospital in the US, according to that link) with a Quaker.

Freedom from Religion Foundation has received a 4-star rating from
Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities. (4 out of 4 stars)

Here is also a list, including America's Second Harvest, which is purportedly the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization.
And not to mention the Council for Secular Humanism, which is small compared to the major charity organizations but also has a 4 out of 4 rating with Charity Navigator, whose purpose is to rank and give information about charities.

You mainly do not hear of them because they do not list themselves as Atheist just to do good work. But with a religious organization.... that's all you hear. And mostly, it's why they do it.

Non-religious organizations do it because it needs to be done. And yes, there are plenty. They just don't need to advertise they are religion-free.

I'm not sure I understand. I used to give to Meals on Wheels because they gave where it mattered to me, most. Then I upgraded to do the same on a broader level.

I identify with this need because at one time I was not only homeless but hungry. The Christian organization I tried to go to for food turned me away, not because of at the time, there were so many others that needed help, they simply couldn't. They didn't have enough to give.

I never once in my mind faulted them on any level. But the need for food when one is hungry can cause desperation, and I can identify with that circumstance.

The organization I give to has nothing whatsoever to do with religion. It's that they fill a need th...

I'm not sure I understand. I used to give to Meals on Wheels because they gave where it mattered to me, most. Then I upgraded to do the same on a broader level.

I identify with this need because at one time I was not only homeless but hungry. The Christian organization I tried to go to for food turned me away, not because of at the time, there were so many others that needed help, they simply couldn't. They didn't have enough to give.

I never once in my mind faulted them on any level. But the need for food when one is hungry can cause desperation, and I can identify with that circumstance.

The organization I give to has nothing whatsoever to do with religion. It's that they fill a need that needs to answered right NOW.

Other than that, any relationship with god is completely irrelevant.

Surely you're not suggesting that I need a god to have empathy for others. One has nothing to do with the other.