No, I meant to say liberalism erodes character. That's my personal opinion.
.. given your posts, you may have no interest in such logic ...
I could say, given your posts, gratutitous personal insults are a substitute for logical argumentation for liberals.
.. if we assume that charity has something to do with character.
Most people think charity is a virtue and that is the traditional view in our and most other societies. I realize modern liberal opinion may differ.
If you look at religiously driven donations as "bribery" to God, to allow you into the Pearly Gates, it begins to look less like good character.
If you look at charity like that, you would be off-base and be displaying a deep-seated bias against the religious. Brooks made it clear that "religious people are more likely than the non-religious to volunteer for secular charitable activities, give blood, and return money when they are accidentally given too much change." Only a malicious bigot would think people are trying to bribe God when they give blood, work for United Way agencies, return excess change, work for the PTA, etc. etc. etc.
When I give, and when I work for social institutions, I do it because I want to, not because I need to get in good with God.
But you (think you) know that religious people aren't as noble-minded as you claim to be ("..if people really NEED God driving them to do nice things and to be nice people.."). Your motives are pure but others are impure, you claim. Since we all know you can't really see into the hearts of others, this claim is clearly based on your own personal psychological needs. I wonder why you have such a desparate need to see yourself as superior to others.
Obviously though, most people don't have the good character to be good without a God looking over their shoulder.
The only way we have to judge others characters is by their actions. I see no reason based on your posts on SI to think you have a good character. On the contrary, I see an arrogant elitist desparate to assert her superiority. Too bad about that. |
