How come there were scores of Christian groups volunteering to help Katrina victems at New Orleans?

Question

but no athiest groups?

Sorry misspelled victims get over it.

So athiests don't car pool either then, because that would also be a group?

Our volunteers from my church never got recognised, they just did the work, came home and we applauded them.

The papers interviewed random people down therefor the relief effort, and gee whiz they're all christians, whom by the way outnumbered athiests.

So maybe the question should be: "Why did the media deliberately ignore the athiests that helped in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?"

Answer 1

Because charity is not part of an atheist's vocabulary. But to a Christian, charity is the pure love of Christ.

Answer 2

they are probably in awe of you, respecting your selection to rebuild your place and community. And in ask your self on the devastation. a team from my church spent a week in MIssissippi and New Orleans and that they have got been replaced human beings whilst they got here back. They have been chuffed to have some concentration to the paintings they have been doing, gutting some residences and rebuilding a church, because of the fact if that they had in basic terms been dumped interior the midst of that wilderness they'd have been overwhelmed with the cost of the paintings desiring to be finished. So assembly human beings, or putting out to the paintings that replaced into pointed out for them, replaced into rather a alleviation from their ask your self over what the communities gave the impact of, even 9-10 months after Katrina. So shrink 'em a sprint slack. they are in ask your self. And in basic terms right of luck to you. Please understand that there are human beings everywhere in the U. S. persevering with to desire for you and to hunt for techniques they'd help.

Answer 3

How do you know there wasn't? Did you personally go down there and take a religious poll? Christians are the first ones to tell everyone about their good deeds.. boasting as you call it. Athiests are already bashed for their beliefs enough, so why would they voluntarily say, "I am Jon so-and-so from Indiana, and I am an anthiest here to help the Katrina survivors?" Doesn't make sense to me.

Answer 4

Getting atheists into groups is a good deal more difficult than getting different denominations of Christians into groups, considering how the sole unifying feature of atheists is a lack of belief in God.

I don't see why groups matter anyway, as long as the individuals get involved. Why do you have to do something with a group member for it to mean something?

Groups often get more publicity than individuals for various reasons...

Answer 5

How come there were so many Christian groups that said New Orleans deserved the devastation of Katrina?
but no atheist groups?

Answer 6

I think it's all the media coverage. Christian groups that may have been on TV may be easier to locate to interview because there were such a large number.

Answer 7

The leading Christian of the USA made a lot of promises and so did the "Christian groups." There's still 85.000 people waiting in trailers for those promises to be fulfilled. Both Bush and the "Christian groups." got the camera time and then turned their back.

Answer 8

How come christians build great big expensive churches in the towns where they live instead of spending that money to help the needy? Katrina was a good way of drawing attention to themselves as do-gooders. Charity begins at home, but apparently it's more important to have a fancy place to "worship."

Answer 9

There were lot of non religious groups helping.
Beside I seriously doubt that there are many "atheist group" how you call them. If it is somebody's interest to help people, why should he pubblicize his group as atheist, risking to push away a lot of possible religious members?
Atheism, unlike christianity, does not impose to people to convert other people to their belief.

Sorry for the lousy english.

Answer 10

I know from going down there twice for relief efforts that plenty of non-christians went down there to help.

Answer 11

So I guess you feel that unless anyone, any group, any religion or following must be acknowledged for their giving, their help to people during crisis? Shouldn't we all give because we want to help others less fortunate, rather than for a pat on the back?

Christians are taught from a early age, to give, to help, to love others.

Let the Atheists answer this one, as I am not a Athesist.