tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206152742331306447.post2887965055459040525..comments2024-03-29T00:17:12.844+08:00Comments on NOTABLE NAMES (Brilliant Funny Weird Monikers): Are Volunteers Really Selfless?Novel Nameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02926542938056252580noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206152742331306447.post-5118886137692154142010-11-29T03:55:30.095+08:002010-11-29T03:55:30.095+08:00Thanks Anon. This is a good point and illustrates ...Thanks Anon. This is a good point and illustrates a huge hazard in wanting to help others in the name of some religion or another, or based on some religious individual's interpretation of "helping" others.Novel Nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926542938056252580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206152742331306447.post-59699650469913810642010-11-25T21:54:11.454+08:002010-11-25T21:54:11.454+08:00Problems arise when the devout's defintion of ...Problems arise when the devout's defintion of "helping others" is clouded and not based on an agreed and objective defintion. Perhaps "helping others" should be replaced with "do no harm to others"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206152742331306447.post-35699962175682970092010-11-18T20:17:58.858+08:002010-11-18T20:17:58.858+08:00I don't have a problem with the devout who exp...I don't have a problem with the devout who expect that their good deeds will benefit them in the afterlife. As long as they help people without any string attached, that is fine with me.<br /><br />But when they proselitise/pressure the needy and desperate, whether before, during or after "helping" them, that I have a problem with.aimlesswanderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206152742331306447.post-33726377295190298422010-11-15T10:04:43.334+08:002010-11-15T10:04:43.334+08:00That is why it is reasonable to ask if there is an...That is why it is reasonable to ask if there is an: “ulterior motive behind all these seemingly “selfless” acts by people who are religious?” Although some religious people may genuinely be helping others less fortunate than themselves and are not obviously evangelizing, the question whether they expect to be “rewarded in heaven” (and are scared witless at being sent to hell) must still be raised. <br /><br />Atheists don’t do it for brownie points in order to get in to some supernatural figure’s good books.Novel Nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926542938056252580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206152742331306447.post-36815892082976733602010-11-12T21:34:37.944+08:002010-11-12T21:34:37.944+08:00Some religious people help people out and don'...Some religious people help people out and don't expect anything in return. Others, however, while helping those in need, also seem to target those people for proselitising while they are most vulnerable, which is highly questionable.aimlesswanderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206152742331306447.post-50940114867541877762010-11-10T01:09:47.754+08:002010-11-10T01:09:47.754+08:00Absolutely spot on. Thanks for that candid, factua...Absolutely spot on. Thanks for that candid, factual comment AW. Yes, even with the 2004 Asian tsunami aftermath the media reported how religious groups were "helping" (i.e. converting) the survivors.<br /><br />To follow up on the recent living organ donor, the <a href="http://thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=104737&sid=30223887&con_type=3" rel="nofollow"> second news article from The Standard </a> still does not mention any obvious religious association or motivation in the volunteer’s selfless act (who is described as a 40-year-old bachelor). I wonder if there's a story in that? Only time will tell ...Novel Nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926542938056252580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206152742331306447.post-83854149798526466422010-11-07T17:12:56.988+08:002010-11-07T17:12:56.988+08:00not to mention that religious volunteers also some...not to mention that religious volunteers also sometimes attempt to convert the people they help.<br /><br />I always found it amazing hearing about the groups of US or Korean christians who went to Iraq or Adghanistan, and, strangely, the locals were less than impressed...aimlesswanderernoreply@blogger.com