"Without God, everything is permitted" Voltaire
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I read that the religions and cults of Europe were pretty pissed off at the Christians for offering food, water, and clothing to the poor - with no expectation of payment or service in return. It encouraged average citizens to become Christians. Of course, like many atheists do today, they scoffed and claimed the Church was just bribing the poor to get new converts.
But the pagans couldn't win. They started copying the Christians and soon enough charity had spread throughout all of European culture.
Yeah and all that charity led to the pants-on-head retarded shit we see in places like Sweden to this day.
I truly think we’ve gone too far in that direction, to our detriment.
It’s “love thy neighbor” not “import thy neighbor from Somalia”
Because you can insult the truth because truth doesn't change. However lies can not stand being probed they fall apart if you do. Why the Quran gives death to people that insult islam.
So does the Old Testament.
Ya this wasn't even his quote lol. I got mixed up this is Sartre. I mixed it up with "if there were no God it would be necessary to create one" actually by Voltaire.
The quote you used can be read 2 ways, too. I like that Voltaire quote, though. I remember, when I was young, I wasn't sure. I had no definition of God that made sense to me, so I didn't know if he existed or not. But, I needed him at that time. So, I decided that if he didn't exist, then I was going to create him. He would now exist in my world, my perception, my existence. I figured that the real God, if he existed (again, at the time I wasn't sure) wouldn't mind and would just be there.
We need God, but I'm convinced we need him for good reasons.
I feel that Voltaire was a deitist but simply hated the Roman Catholic Church. He seemed impressed with Quakers.
Repent of our sins is not in the bible. This is false teaching, of another Gospel. Repent and turn to Christ is in the Bible. It means Repent of your unbelief in Christ Jesus and turn to him for salvation. Faith salvation is biblical. Works salvation is not.
That isn't charity. Charity is voluntary, taxes enforced at the but of a government gun is the opposite of charity. In fact we have a word for it, theft.
He was talking about Europeans hundreds of years ago specifically
Charity is not a solely Christian thing.
The Christians made its popularity rise not just in everyday life but whole organizations dedicated to deeds of Charity.
Wow think of all the Holy Orders created in Christ's name. Domic's Friars. Francisicans, Jesuits, Monks Little Sisters of the Poor could go on forever.
The line there is drawn between person-person charity and government action. The reason free societies can work is because they're supported by a strong civil society in which people do actually help each other out - without the state getting involved.
Exactly, a social safety net still does exist in free societies, its just provided by family and community willingly rather than by some far off government. Face-to-face charity works for the most party, there's a system of accountability. People who abuse small-scale family help get known for such as the help dries up. Also, with face-to-face the receivers of such help often feel gratitude and obligation to move their life to a point where they no longer need the help.
When that help starts coming from an anonymous governing body, it turns into an entitlement with no accountability.
You mean Greed and Avarice?
Charity is sacrificing of yourself to help those in need. Voting for a socialist system to take from somebody else to feed tot he poor is not Charity at all.
Every aspect of communism is one of the seven deadly sins disguised as virtues for the ignorant.
This is true! So true.
No. The Romans were pretty pissed off at the Christians because they refused to join the military, during a time in which the Roman empire was under attack.