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guillaumeb

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29. I expected that you would say that.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #28)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 07:00 PM

Dec 2017

And bias colors all that we experience. We are not measuring instruments, we are human, with human biases that influence everything that we think and every decision that we make.

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Why faith inspires people to give [View all] yallerdawg Dec 2017 OP

Recommended. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #1

That's right! yallerdawg Dec 2017 #2

Seems they are giving to perpetuate their own beliefs edhopper Dec 2017 #3

+++ Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #5

So religious people give... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #7

no 2 religious people believe the same way Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #9

"Faith inspires people to give!" yallerdawg Dec 2017 #10

But give to what end? edhopper Dec 2017 #11

Is giving to religion never a good thing? eom guillaumeb Dec 2017 #26

depends what the religion doeswith it edhopper Dec 2017 #27

What do you mean by faith?? Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #12

It depends. tymorial Dec 2017 #8

Secular donors also give to perpetuate their own views. Igel Dec 2017 #14

"Seems" indicates that this is your personal interpretation. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #24

Paint with a broad brush much? HopeAgain Dec 2017 #30

just as the OP edhopper Dec 2017 #31

Many churches do a lot of charity work with the money they get. HopeAgain Dec 2017 #34

okay edhopper Dec 2017 #35

Yea, the anti-atheist side goes hard Lordquinton Dec 2017 #36

Some of us give without needing to couch in in a religious context PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #4

How do you know it's the right thing to do? yallerdawg Dec 2017 #6

so you don't believe in edhopper Dec 2017 #13

Free will might include... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #15

The voice people think edhopper Dec 2017 #16

Because it is. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #18

How do you know that you're not being controlled by an invisible dragon? Lordquinton Dec 2017 #38

Absurd! True Dough Dec 2017 #40

As has been pointed out Lordquinton Dec 2017 #41

What if that outside entity already controls your mind? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #25

That's the Philosophy 101 dilemma: PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #28

I expected that you would say that. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #29

What if there is a mouse inside your head controlling your movements Lordquinton Dec 2017 #37

32% edhopper Dec 2017 #17

What was left out: Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #19

Or... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #20

So in other words edhopper Dec 2017 #21

After the chart: yallerdawg Dec 2017 #22

The biggest portion of the giving goes to Congregations edhopper Dec 2017 #23

Many churches more or less require this giving. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #32

tithing edhopper Dec 2017 #33

I wonder how that cross section aligns with another list from the OP Lordquinton Dec 2017 #39