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[Regs]

Some of us are trying to make a valuable contribution to each and every thread on this message board. Not me however - I gave up 4 years ago.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: Regs
Some of us are trying to make a valuable contribution to each and every thread on this message board. Not me however - I gave up 7 years ago.

Fixed 😛

 

[Regs]

Doh.

Maybe right, I think I fell alseep when I was filling out the fuse talk membership form.

 

[adairusmc]

Well to begin with when was the last time you gave of yourself? Not talking about money here, but giving of "yourself"?

Never, as far as I know.

What do you personally give that benefits anyone besides yourself?

Nothing.

Do you give blood? Regularly?

Absolutely not. I make it a goal each day to end the day with the same amount of blood that I started the day with. It belongs to me, not some trauma patient who thinks they need it.

Are you on any sort of donor list, organ after death or otherwise?

Nope. My organs belong to me, and when I die if I cannot no longer use them - than nobody else should either.

Do you contribute your time to anything worthy?

Anything involving myself that I contribute time to is worthy enough for me.

Do you contribute anything at all aside from "working" your job?

I contribute the paycheck I receive from working my job into the economy.

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Legendary
OP what charitable works do you do that aren't either for Catholics or done in an attempt to convert others to Catholicism?

i don't see where or doubt that he is trying to convert anyone to Catholicism.

Not in his post, but in my experience it is rare that someone who self identifies with Catholicism does good works without religious motives.

Plus it would've been very easy to make his post without mentioning religion at all, yet he chose to go that route. For an 06 he should know better.

 

[jlee]

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[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Legendary

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Legendary
OP what charitable works do you do that aren't either for Catholics or done in an attempt to convert others to Catholicism?

i don't see where or doubt that he is trying to convert anyone to Catholicism.

Not in his post, but in my experience it is rare that someone who self identifies with Catholicism does good works without religious motives.

Plus it would've been very easy to make his post without mentioning religion at all, yet he chose to go that route. For an 06 he should know better.

I think he was trying to say he is Catholic, but yet has failed as a Catholic.
Didn't read into it like you did at all.

And why would anyone even want to mention they are Catholic or any other religious affiliation on this board? :laugh: It's just opening him up to attacks.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Legendary

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Legendary
OP what charitable works do you do that aren't either for Catholics or done in an attempt to convert others to Catholicism?

i don't see where or doubt that he is trying to convert anyone to Catholicism.

Not in his post, but in my experience it is rare that someone who self identifies with Catholicism does good works without religious motives.

Plus it would've been very easy to make his post without mentioning religion at all, yet he chose to go that route. For an 06 he should know better.

I think he was trying to say he is Catholic, but yet has failed as a Catholic.
Didn't read into it like you did at all.

And why would anyone even want to mention they are Catholic or any other religious affiliation on this board? :laugh: It's just opening him up to attacks.

this is why we need girls on atot... to talk sense to us boys!

get the catholic....



(calls forth the lynch mob)

 

[ixelion]

First of all there is nothing "moral" about giving to others in a selfless manner - appeasing the other is merely a survival instinct designed to keep groups of humans alive as long as possible. When humans realized they can go against nature and NOT help others, chaos ensued. The solution? Morality, specifically religion - a LEARNED form of behavior that compensates for what the capacity to reason has done to our natural instincts.

But you never need to be moral, there is nothing essentially good about "giving to others" - chaos, death and destruction are the only truths.

"Iridescent to the searhing eyes, I m all things vivid in a
world of grey
So easily spotted, so easily claimed in this domain where
all is prey

My thoughts a radiant beacon to the omnidirectional
hunter-god radar
I m a markerlight of flesh to these subconscious carnivores
I am them. I am teeth. I m their arousal at the kill
Feasting on self. A schizoreality warp. The contradiction
fulfilled

Focus the only means to see me back to life s unending swirl

A reversal of passing away, as the world of dead, as away is
now my origin" -Meshuggah

 

[skyking]

Funny that you should pose this question now. I'm out of work, so I called the Red Cross yesterday and offered my services as an equipment operator in Samoa.🙂

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: skyking
Funny that you should pose this question now. I'm out of work, so I called the Red Cross yesterday and offered my services as an equipment operator in Samoa.🙂

and?

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: skyking
Funny that you should pose this question now. I'm out of work, so I called the Red Cross yesterday and offered my services as an equipment operator in Samoa.🙂

and?

No anwer yet. The local guy called me back and said he'd be calling various agencies to see if I can help out. I offered up 20 years of underground utility experience, and demolition experience. I have taken apart a few "jigsaw puzzles" with big excavators.

 

[goobernoodles]

I've volunteered at a Cerebral Palsy center helping staff and members with computer use. (That was a while ago.)

Just started volunteering at a local Animal Shelter, because I've felt like a horrible human being lately. lol

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: skyking

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: skyking
Funny that you should pose this question now. I'm out of work, so I called the Red Cross yesterday and offered my services as an equipment operator in Samoa.🙂

and?

No anwer yet. The local guy called me back and said he'd be calling various agencies to see if I can help out. I offered up 20 years of underground utility experience, and demolition experience. I have taken apart a few "jigsaw puzzles" with big excavators.

Sweet, demolitions! That would be an interesting experience, over in Samoa.

 

[Sea Moose]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: skyking

Originally posted by: Sea Moose

Originally posted by: skyking
Funny that you should pose this question now. I'm out of work, so I called the Red Cross yesterday and offered my services as an equipment operator in Samoa.🙂

and?

No anwer yet. The local guy called me back and said he'd be calling various agencies to see if I can help out. I offered up 20 years of underground utility experience, and demolition experience. I have taken apart a few "jigsaw puzzles" with big excavators.

Sweet, demolitions! That would be an interesting experience, over in Samoa.

well, i wonder how fast they operate?? Hopefully you have boots on samoan soil asap

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: skyking
No anwer yet. The local guy called me back and said he'd be calling various agencies to see if I can help out. I offered up 20 years of underground utility experience, and demolition experience. I have taken apart a few "jigsaw puzzles" with big excavators.

Sounds kind of badass.

 

[destrekor]

the best of mankind never proclaim how much they help fellow man, but do it anyway and often in the end few people ever really know.

 

[artikk]

sorry you sense of your own worth doesn't dictate how I determine mine.

 

[lokiju]

DON'T JUDGE ME, YOU DON'T KNOW ME!!! :|

 

[ixelion]

Originally posted by: lokiju
DON'T JUDGE ME, YOU DON'T KNOW ME!!! :|

Tyra?

 

[FuryofFive]

I started reading late.ill capitalize on the OP original statement. does not giving to other's make me a bad person..plus what kind of giving is good?
is giving money good? time, effort?
im late keep that in mind before throwing me over the coals

 

[GlacierFreeze]

Originally posted by: destrekor
the best of mankind never proclaim how much they help fellow man, but do it anyway and often in the end few people ever really know.

Yep.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

What does 'giving of yourself' have to do with being a good person or not sucking?

Thats your doctrine, not mine, so kindly FO.

 

[ixelion]

does not giving to other's make me a bad person

By the op's definition of morality then yes it makes you a bad person because you do not contribute to the "overall good" of mankind. This is wrong for the reasons I stated in my previous post.

plus what kind of giving is good?

Anything that promotes the survivability of others. Under this definition, convincing others' of your particular brand of morality promotes your own survivability but not necessarily that of the others', i.e. Christian missionaries in colonial Africa <--this is similar to what the OP is trying to do.

In defense of the OP sometimes promoting morality over and above others' can be beneficial. For example, if it weren't for early Protestants, we would not have Capitalism and possibly, science and technology may not have developed as far as it has today. (I think this is kind of a reaching though)

 

[Krazy4Real]

tl;dr

oh and OP is worthless.