:bugeye:Let me know when the athiests are taking over the hospices.
This has nothing to do with atheism.
:shrug: Bill Gates seems to be doing a lot of that these days. Warren Buffet donated about $30 Billion to charity. Just saying...
Belief or disbelief: What are your reasons?
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This has nothing to do with atheism.
:shrug: Bill Gates seems to be doing a lot of that these days. Warren Buffet donated about $30 Billion to charity. Just saying...
Is this trolling of yours necessary?
Enmos
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Wut? jus b/c he types like different then u doesnt mean hes trolling. :bugeye:
Only if it is aimed at actually doing something about it. I think based on her education, location and experience, she did the best within her limitations. Actions speak louder than words.
Only religious people do "involved" charity?
I'd sure like to see some data on that.
Percentage of atheists in the world and percentage of theists in the world
Then look at percentages of both that do charity work.
How about: the money should be spent. Period.
Mother Teresa's organization has horded what probably amounts to billions of dollars. As far as I know, it's still sitting in bank accounts, unspent, though it's certainly likely that a good chunk of it has been sent to the Vatican.
It's always amusing to me how tight-lipped religious organizations are about their finances.
All very nice. When are they going to help wash clothes for the tuberculosis patients? Feed the old dying men with AIDS?
That's pure B.S. Mother Teresa's organization barely ever spent a dime. She took pride in the organization's disorganization and begged for everything she used, despite her obvious ability to provide from her massive bank accounts.
This is about principles and philosophy, not ability.
Its always amusing to me how athiests always think of money when discussing charity
Here's an idea: use the money to prevent and treat AIDS instead of converting the dying to your religion while they suffer.
Ahh, so now we live in a fantasy world were things dont cost money.
Not going to help you much if you're dying in a gutter and people throw checks at you.
I'm thinking of EFFICACY.
You can HELP people by SPENDING the money that you HAVE. I'm glad you admire Mother Teresa's willingness to hold peoples' hands while they suffer in agony. I admire fixing problems instead of reveling in them.
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Those checks can keep people from becoming ill and from spending any time in a gutter.
All very nice. However, she was providing a service for the existing unwanted.
Enmos
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No but hospitals are not for free.
Providing funding helps to obtain services, I dare say that the more money you are provided with the better services you can get....but I might be totally out of line there.
And she could have provided a much better service if she weren't such a tightass.
I'd actually venture to say that the world's poor might be better off if Mother Teresa never existed. If you figure that there are a couple billion dollars donated to charity in her name that were never spent, and that most of that money would have been spent if she weren't around to horde it, a lot more good may have been done.