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Most religions teach the golden rule. Treat others as you want to be treated. And if I was poor I'd want someone to feed me.

• alistairSH 7y ago
  Treat others as you want to be treated. ...unless they're gay, atheist, or some other out-group.
  • benjohnson 7y ago
    My religion has an exhaustive list of sinful behaviors. We help everybody - that's the point because we're all sinners.
  • bargl 7y ago
    It depends on the church. The best churches to me are the ones who believe that church is for the "sinners" not the in-group. This means accepting everyone and not excluding anyone. But we also have to recognize that churches are centered around people and people are very flawed. Organizations tend to be too. I have to say, I fall much closer to atheist than theist now but that's mostly due to doctrine not practices within the church. Also, as a side effect of how I was raised I was on the out-group of two religions. 90% of people in both churches treated me with respect and dignity. It was up to me to see that the 10% had no power in either church or over me.