all this is what it appears to be to me. if i got something wrong, or made too big of an assumption sorry

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first off. i find it sad that you dont think you could help out. even a small contribution, such as goign through Christian Childrens fund or w/e helps. what you are doing is worse than brainwashing. you are doing nothing. you just feel bad for their situation and belittle the ideas of people who are actually doing something. its not about you, thinking you cant do anything for them is being plain selfish. its not about what you can or cant do, its about doing it. if you really wanted to help these kids you would do something. (its either this or you are saying a lot of stuff for your argument)
you just dont understand religion. you've grown up to be hostile against it. you cant see the good it does people and society. you know whats not helping, you. sorry to attack you personally, but you are attackign a belief that hundreds of thousands of people believe in that are actually making a difference. and it is helping. it gives people hope, not just that they might live to have a better life, but that they can actually make a difference. or that something that has happened to them was for a reason, like a man being in a near fatal accident beign spurred to do good in life.
i know it doesnt have to do with god, thats why ive said w/e and allah and et cetera everso often. god is just easier and what i believe in

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i dont think you are just an atheist. you are an angry atheist

. actually your last statement is quite wrong. if it wasnt for the church, MANY discovies would have never been made. who do you think it was that preserved the teachings of the aristotle, plato, socrates, and pythagorus, and et cetera. it was the monks who were a part of the church. churches helped for the first universities. yes they did slow down and retard many first secularized research, but if it wasnt for the church, those teachings would have been lost forever, and im sure if many enlightenments and golden periods in science would have happened, the way they did at the least.
oh well. religion is for some. if anything i hope you realize you can do something. if a 19 year old with only sporatic work can do some then everyone on this website probably could spare $24 a month to make the difference in some childs life. and even if i couldnt give these kids besides god, i would still give them that, because knowing that there is something out there that loves you and all that good stuff really can make the light a little brighter. as of now i just dont think you understand the implications of a spiritual side of life. if you do then my bad

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