Both our faiths promote charity and compassion, afterall

[cleanhippie]

[tama]

1. Cause of poverty

is artificial scarcity created by money and laws that support power of money. Which is just make-believe myth of purely symbolic value. It would please me very much if fellow atheists devoted some of their time and energy to criticizing also the religion of mammon worship on which also modern states are founded.

[cleanhippie]

2. Ok, thanks.

[mr blur]

3. "just make-believe myth of purely symbolic value."?

[tama]

6. Why do I get the suspicion

that the irony was lost on you?

[LeftishBrit]

4. It's of more than symbolic value if you need it for food.

[tama]

5. Funny, ain't that

being prisoned by choice of being ruled by symbols of Power (that banks can produce out of nothing but faith) or starving. Only Sauron could develop plan so devilish as this!

[Phillip McCleod]

7. good lord no.