Meh. I don’t get the hate for this guy.

I am surprised how startling that was to watch.

Yeah, that was my takeaway too. It looks like they’re just symbolising their desire for global rule.

Hm. Maybe this is not what you’re saying here, but it sounds a lot like “sure, all people deserve clean water, but not necessarily to have clean water AND have their culture/traditions respected at the same time.”

Of course I do- that is exactly what it is! If you honestly only care about helping people, you help them. Period. You don’t use it as an opportunity to tell people about religion. Why do you need to tell people about religion while helping them? What is the motivation? You can dress it up as ‘saving’ them, as…

I think this hits the nail on the head - it’s not the year that matters but the amount of shit that you have to wade through and whether or not you can deal with it together. Sometimes that’s year one, and sometimes it’s year twenty.

The 7th or 8th year is the hardest, not the 1st. Sorry.

I took a moment to educate myself about Nikki’s pastor, and her organization, which indeed does push Christianity on those they help (it’s not hard to find this information, it’s in her LinkedIn bio). Any help that comes with strings, be it as small as a prayer to a god that those who are being helped do not believe…

Yeah that made me raise an eyebrow. I don’t know the organisation; if it’s just religiously affiliated, then, fine, I guess. But missionaries spreading colonialist bullshit and dangerous homophobic + misogynistic ideas in the developing world? That’s worked out great before...

There are COUNTLESS non-religious based organizations that help people. Are you really this clueless? No offense but your comment is ridiculous and ignorant.

I made my 3 year old cry yesterday after she ignored repeated calls for her name and just took off into a busy restaurant - though she knows better - while we were waiting for our table and nearly took out a waiter at the knees. I snatched that child by the jacket, hauled her outside, and had the same expression as…

Atheists are not a group, so we don’t have organizations, but feel free to check out literally every other group that does this kind of work without indoctrinating people.

But you do know that just because “some people” say things, you’re not obligated to repeat them, and that in fact your choosing to repeat them without challenge amounts to an endorsement, right?

I heard that some people can’t see a good thing without trying to shit all over it. And then trying to pretend it’s not them doing the shitting by hiding behind “some people” instead of owning their shittiness

Wyoming, born and raised here...I have NEVER EVER considered us to be part of the midwest, just nooo.

We have mountains and prairie and it’s very different climate here too.

Mountain West, specifically. Colorado is not the Midwest. The Midwest starts east of Colorado.

You do realize that the Duggars have PUBLICLY (in their book and in interviews) debunked that Quiverfull rumor.

Is this true? I work for a non-federal public agency and we get FOIA requests weekly. From media, citizens, other agencies...

Saying that certain people should not be protected by the law because they have views you don’t share is a very slippery slope to start on.

OK. Let’s agree that a tabloid violated the law by publishing information regarding the sexual assault of minor children.