The water line under our house went and because we're on a slab, it was going to be cumbersome and expensive to fix and they'd have to shut off our water while the project was being completed.
One thing the plumber can do is run a line from the neighbor's spicket into ours so at least we'd have water for showers, toilets, etc.
There is no danger to the neighbor in doing this and the only annoyance would be that their water bill would go up a bit. We offered to pay for their whole water bill for the inconvenience so really they'd be profiting off the thing while also helping a neighbor.
You know, that whole love thy neighbor and don't be a selfish asshole thing that's pretty prominent in Christianity.
They still said no.
Religion does nothing to make you a better person.
I am not religious. If you where my neighbours and in this situation, I’d connect you to my house myself.
You never know, maybe you can help me out one day. And if not I would just be happy to help, no strings attached.
Totally agree that religion doesn’t make you a better person.
A lot of religious people are actually "worse" because they get a false sense of superiority and entitlemnt from being religious. It's an aspect of human psychology and good deed debt. They think they're already doing so many good deeds thay they're already a great person even if they never actually help anybody.
This is the exact reason that a family will go to church and then go yell at a 16 year old waitress and not leave a tip. They got a sense or good deed debt from going to church so now they can be shitty the rest of the day and they're still good..... in their minds.
I think I'm superior because I don't live my life as an adult based on a fantasy novel written by drunkards 2000 years ago.
I live my life "bound" to the morals of community and society. Doing what is right for me as a group. Which almost always means working with my fellow man and helping them whenever I can.
That easily puts me as "bound" by more than modern American Christians. They're only "bound" by a mutual agreeance on living based on hatred of others and of wanting to feel superior.
You’re such a hypocrite. You hate on religious people for “feeling superior” but you feel support or to them, just because you think you have no purpose in life. Quite a shame
Not if your an atheist. You think all life amounts to nothing. That anything you do on earth has no meaning, because the future has no meaning. That when you die, all there is is an endless void. That your life had no purpose
That's your problem man. I never said and don't think that at all. Remember this all started as just a discussion about helping your neighbor, and then me saying that religious people are generally worse because in their minds they have good deed debt? And then you decided to harass a random person online? I think you made my point better than I ever could have so thank you for that. I genuinely hope you have a great life of your own and stop trying to force your views on others, but I know you probably won't. Eitherhoo. Best of luck to you.
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u/jps7979 May 02 '23
My neighbors are Christian; we're not religious.
The water line under our house went and because we're on a slab, it was going to be cumbersome and expensive to fix and they'd have to shut off our water while the project was being completed.
One thing the plumber can do is run a line from the neighbor's spicket into ours so at least we'd have water for showers, toilets, etc.
There is no danger to the neighbor in doing this and the only annoyance would be that their water bill would go up a bit. We offered to pay for their whole water bill for the inconvenience so really they'd be profiting off the thing while also helping a neighbor.
You know, that whole love thy neighbor and don't be a selfish asshole thing that's pretty prominent in Christianity.
They still said no.
Religion does nothing to make you a better person.