"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
That should read: Matthew 6:1-4
Won’t work. It’s been proven that the non-religious are much less charitable with their time and money than are the religious.
I can not think of an NGO's that is not is some way "Faith Based". Some have tried to remove the appearance of a faith based organizations, but deep down if the Christians don't support it the funds and workers will dry up.
When bundling supplies, please remember to not form crosses with the binding or the pallets.
It’s nice that they’re doing something, but it’s a shame that they’re doing it out of political motives rather than because they actually give a damn about the people of Haiti. No matter, their contribution will be dwarfed and forgotten in the wake of the religious charities.
Dawkins has joined 13 other groups to create the Non-Believers Giving Aid. Donors are told that when they give they are "helping to counter the scandalous myth that only the religious care about their fellow-humans.""[W]e do not hide behind the notion that earthly suffering will be rewarded in a heavenly paradise, nor do we expect a heavenly reward for our generosity
They DO expect a "karmic" reward (in positive publicity for their atheist movement) for their good deed.
This is a marketing gimmick. Give the money and shut up if you are doing it STRICTLY to be nice. You are doing it to show that "atheists give without expecting ANYTHING in return" when you acknowlege it is to "challenge a myth".
Head Voodoo Priest Protests Haitis Mass Burials, Fear of Zombies (Monday, January 18, 2010)
The head Voodoo priest of Haiti is sickened by the desecration of dead bodies, as they are unceremoniously collected off of the city streets and hurled into mass graves. In a nation where many people practice Voodoo, the supernatural prospect of Zombies rising from the mass graves to prey on the living, is a real fear.
The ontological argument for God is the most ridiculous of all theist arguments.
"I perceive God to exist, therefore he does."
Sure; good luck with that.
Atheists seem to love to call attention to the fact that they are atheists.