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DavidDvorkin

(19,889 posts)
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 12:36 PM Dec 2019

Prayers can crowd out donations for disaster victims

A new study finds that people who prayed for hurricane victims before donating gave less than they would have otherwise: Because those who prayed believed that prayers improved the victims' well-being, they donated less.


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191126092720.htm
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Prayers can crowd out donations for disaster victims (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Dec 2019 OP
Can I do that with my mortgage payments? progressoid Dec 2019 #1
Yes. When the mortgage company calls about the missed payment, 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #2
So, technically speaking, religion makes you stingy. Farmer-Rick Dec 2019 #3
I believe dna80 Jan 2020 #4
Or the more miserable you are and the more you believe in heaven Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #5

3Hotdogs

(13,394 posts)
2. Yes. When the mortgage company calls about the missed payment,
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:37 PM
Dec 2019

handle it like my father did, when I asked him for a couple'a bucks.

"Son, hold right hand out to me and your left hand under your ass.... see which one gets filled first."


Now, you can present that directive to the bozo at the mortgage company when he calls.

Farmer-Rick

(11,399 posts)
3. So, technically speaking, religion makes you stingy.
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 04:53 PM
Dec 2019

If religion actually were a path to helping the poor, how come we have so many poor people? Religion has been around for thousands of years and yet they have never solved the issue of poverty.....I suspect religion has actually made it worse what with their abuse of orphanages, poor houses and homes for unwed mothers.

dna80

(10 posts)
4. I believe
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 09:55 AM
Jan 2020

It's the old idea of religion, the more miserable you are on earth, the more religious you will become, to pray that you will be saved and go to heaven.

Farmer-Rick

(11,399 posts)
5. Or the more miserable you are and the more you believe in heaven
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 09:59 PM
Jan 2020

The more likely you will keep your mouth shut, accept your abuse and just wait for your next life.

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