05-14-2011, 02:36 AM
kj wrote:
An idea I would like to add is that a majority of Christians aren't going to agree that secular services are the same as similar religious services. I've participated in both secular and religious charitable endeavors, and they're not the same. I attribute that to the involvement of God and his effect on those who are doing his will. I'm not saying anyone has to agree, but surely that's something a non-religious person can at least understand.
I understand that people perceive what they wish to perceive. You invest a lot in your god, thus you wish to see the influence of your god in the world. How are secular charitable endeavors different qualitatively from religious endeavors?
kj wrote:
Another point is that as it stands, secular organizations are free to provide many of the services churches provide in our community, but they simply do not.
That says more about your perceptions and your community than it does about secular organizations. I have participated in many charitable endeavors in my community and they have been through secular organizations. There is no need for a holy spirit to be charitable.