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Folks, this is from Norman Abshear, who runs Atheists United of OC. Discuss and add feedback here! - md
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Greetings All
Here is an interesting idea that I do want some feed back on and some volunteers. Who would be interested in doing a charity walk for March of Dimes. This is an opportunity to demonstrate publicly that Atheists also care about birth defects etc... Please email me with your thoughts and comments. Thanks Norman.
Posted by mikebdoss at February 23, 2007 05:33 PMAdding comments from email:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:30:58 -0800, Gary Kephart wrote
> I can see how an "all atheist" event may be construed as "Oh, they're just doing it to prove they do charity work." However, what if we are just a part of a large march and we all just happen to be wearing OC Atheists t-shirts?
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> > Norman, a little feedback. I think it's a worthwhile idea, but I don't really like the notion of an 'all atheist' march or anything like that... sounds a little flaming to me, like the doo-dah parade or something. What about sponsoring the March, but focusing less on the atheist piece, and more on the cause, inviting all groups in to participate. That way, atheists are seen as inclusive, not having any one particular agenda or being labeled as 'just another group', and the only real agenda would in fact be raising money for cancer... something everyone can get behind.
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> > If it ever comes up in your discussions that atheists don't do charitable things, you could mention your role in sponsoring events like this. By the way, my response to this point is that some of the biggest philanthropists today are atheists... I believe Bill Gates and Warren Buffet both are (I've heard this... it probably needs to be validated)... or they might go by 'agnostic'. But the point is, many of society's largest contributors are in fact atheists... they may just not advertise it.