Comments on: 10th February 2010

By: John

John — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:42:01 +0000

Nice CaptainZero1969 a refreshing and very true vid

By: CaptainZero1969

CaptainZero1969 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:40:29 +0000

Hey Tech – We agree one something! Now that’s progress…or a sure sign of the coming apocalypse. Ka ka ka.

By: Atheist MC

Atheist MC — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:11:15 +0000

tech
Good, a well considered and rational answer. (in my opinion

Cap’n
That is bloody brilliant. Stephen Fry has always been a bit of a hero of mine, he just became a f**kin’ god… no wait, maybe not quite

By: tech

tech — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:58:40 +0000

No they should not discriminate against the recipients,if so and proven ,they should loose their tax exemption.

By: CaptainZero1969

CaptainZero1969 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:32:34 +0000

I think you will all enjoy this:

http://www.disinfo.com/2010/02/stephen-fry-the-intelligence%C2%B2-debate/

I’d watch the entire debate. It was brilliant. But Mr. Fry was great on his own.

By: Atheist MC

Atheist MC — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:14:32 +0000

tech
Sorry if I’m being a bit dim but I didn’t really get your answer. Are you saying all charities should be tax exempt even if they discriminate on the recipients?

By: CaptainZero1969

CaptainZero1969 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:21:55 +0000

It was MC, not me that asked/answered the question regarding charitable giving.

By: tech

tech — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:54:14 +0000

My answer to the captains question is No. All charities should receive tax- exempt status. I totally agree with you Greg on the last part of your post.

By: tech

tech — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:35:42 +0000

Peb, Just the kind of remark I have come to expect from you. If its not your belief or your thoughts proven by science, then its got to be stupid.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:33:34 +0000

Whoa, slow down tech. You’re getting pretty worked up here. Captain has asked you a direct question based on the AQOTD and you completely ignore it.

Let’s make the question even more simple: should ANY charity be allowed to discriminate against anyone who does not subscribe to that charity’s beliefs? Should they receive tax-exempt status if they do?

You also asked MC whether or not he believes in charity or if he claims a tax deduction for it. This is completely irrelevant to his question.

Charity shouldn’t be provided with expectations or viewed as an opportunity to convert people into believing what you believe. That is not charity. That is called advertising.

I give hundreds of dollars every year to various charities – all to non-faith, non-profit groups – and expect that the money will be used to help people in need, not proselytize about the non-existence of god or the benefits of one political agenda or another. It’s about helping people in need, not promoting agendas.

I get upset when I see “missionairies” in places where people are vulnerable because I believe they’re not there for the right reasons. If it wasn’t for their belief in god they wouldn’t be there, and this is wrong, in my view. If you want to provide charity, do it because you WANT to help someone, not because your god or church EXPECTS you to do it.