Beth Lehman is an atheist, a Tacoman, and guest blogger here at Tacoma Atheists.com. See her blog here.
“Philanthropist” is a word which, translated from Greek, literally means “lover of humanity.” There is no caveat attached to this term that dictates that the lover of humanity must also believe in a god or gods, but it [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kiva’
The charitable atheist, not an oxymoron
Be good for goodness sake
Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.
For years, atheists, agnostics, and other freethinkers have been saying that you don’t need a [...]
Atheists out in front with micro-lending
From Valerie Tarico:
Are you familiar with www.Kiva.org ? Through local micro-lending agencies, people in developing countries post loan requests—to buy a cow, a sewing machine, fruit to sell, etc. Anyone can go to the site and choose people to lend to, in increments of $25.
Anyhow, the Atheist/Agnostic/Freethinker group has made more loans than any other [...]