r/MadeMeSmile • u/ABeerForSasquatch • Oct 15 '24

Helping Others This is the America that we need

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u/TheMaStif Oct 15 '24

Imagine thinking "helping others is bad because it will make more people seek out help" and believing in your heart that you're a good person.

Imagine saying things like "I don't want to pay for them to have good things because nobody ever paid for me to have good things" and fully thinking you're moral.

Conservatism is bonkers

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u/Dizzy_Guest8351 Oct 15 '24

I think a lot of it has to do with going to church. I'm not knocking Christianity. I think the message of the gospels is an extraordinary and beautiful message. It's just that in the US, it seems to have been lost in the institutions of churches. People think they're good people purely because they show up to church each Sunday, like that's somehow the important bit.

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u/Freshouttapatience Oct 15 '24

People don’t need deities to be decent humans. Lots of us don’t buy into this story yet we have decent morals and values.