Comments on: Finding a Wallet on the Ground… http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: martymankins http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-326065 martymankins Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:33:37 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-326065 Sad to see how far a person will go to brush off the fact that a human being should be thanked for returning the wallet. I mean, he had no clue the wallet was missing, so there wasn't some sort of prayer vigil going on, hoping their wallet would be returned. Good and honest people come in all packages, even of the non-believer variety. Sad to see how far a person will go to brush off the fact that a human being should be thanked for returning the wallet. I mean, he had no clue the wallet was missing, so there wasn’t some sort of prayer vigil going on, hoping their wallet would be returned.

Good and honest people come in all packages, even of the non-believer variety.

]]> By: Jim http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-326036 Jim Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:18:48 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-326036 Yesterday, a lady at Six Flags came walking around looking for someone with jumper-cables. I offered mine and a jump. When they got their car started they all said, "Thank you sir, you're a good christian man" I just smiled and said said, thanks, and went on my way. I did have a moment of hesitation where I wanted to say something snarky like, "Remember this, it was an atheist who helped you today." but I just left. Yesterday, a lady at Six Flags came walking around looking for someone with jumper-cables. I offered mine and a jump. When they got their car started they all said, “Thank you sir, you’re a good christian man” I just smiled and said said, thanks, and went on my way. I did have a moment of hesitation where I wanted to say something snarky like, “Remember this, it was an atheist who helped you today.” but I just left.

]]> By: jemand http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-325995 jemand Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:17:41 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-325995 "you're an atheist? Oh wait, there *IS* money missing!!! Pay up!" “you’re an atheist? Oh wait, there *IS* money missing!!! Pay up!”

]]> By: bahramthered http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-325870 bahramthered Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:25:15 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-325870 Original story. Happened to me; http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/forums/index.php?topic=7454.0 Original story. Happened to me;

http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/forums/index.php?topic=7454.0

]]> By: Michel http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-325730 Michel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:15:34 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-325730 Narrow minds will never cease to <strong><em>shock & amaze</em></strong> me. I think it's a pathology that one day should find it's scientific cure. Narrow minds will never cease to shock & amaze me. I think it’s a pathology that one day should find it’s scientific cure.

]]> By: Gordon http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-325594 Gordon Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:36:36 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-325594 I found money sitting in a cash machine outside the supermarket once. I didnt expect anything to come of it, but I brought it in and handed it in at Customer Services. They took my details, which seemed weird to me. Within an hour someone phoned me to thank me saying they couldnt believe it and they were sure the money would just be gone. But to me it just seemed like what anyone would do. I found money sitting in a cash machine outside the supermarket once. I didnt expect anything to come of it, but I brought it in and handed it in at Customer Services.

They took my details, which seemed weird to me. Within an hour someone phoned me to thank me saying they couldnt believe it and they were sure the money would just be gone.

But to me it just seemed like what anyone would do.

]]> By: CatBallou http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-325565 CatBallou Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:48:03 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-325565 Our local newspaper has a feature every Sunday in which people "rant or rave" about personal events. Every damned week, someone writes about having a good outcome to a disaster---someone returned their wallet, someone helped them recover from a fall on the sidewalk, someone signaled a turn at an intersection---and the story concludes with "our faith in humanity is restored." I always wonder what kind of shitty lives they're usually living, that they've lost all faith in ordinary people doing the right thing. Maybe I'm naive, but I think that most of us, most of the time, want to do what's right. And we know what's right without having to resort to religious precepts. "Don't be an ass****" seems to sum it up nicely. Our local newspaper has a feature every Sunday in which people “rant or rave” about personal events. Every damned week, someone writes about having a good outcome to a disaster—someone returned their wallet, someone helped them recover from a fall on the sidewalk, someone signaled a turn at an intersection—and the story concludes with “our faith in humanity is restored.” I always wonder what kind of shitty lives they’re usually living, that they’ve lost all faith in ordinary people doing the right thing.
Maybe I’m naive, but I think that most of us, most of the time, want to do what’s right. And we know what’s right without having to resort to religious precepts. “Don’t be an ass****” seems to sum it up nicely.

]]> By: Brad http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-325558 Brad Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:35:11 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-325558 See, even God can use an atheist. See, even God can use an atheist.

]]> By: ethanol http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-325502 ethanol Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:45:03 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-325502 <blockquote>I’m not sure how to test this, but I suspect atheists, in general, would be much more likely than believers to return a wallet.</blockquote> Maybe, but probably not if you corrected for income

I’m not sure how to test this, but I suspect atheists, in general, would be much more likely than believers to return a wallet.

Maybe, but probably not if you corrected for income

]]> By: Chal http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/04/finding-a-wallet-on-the-ground/#comment-325496 Chal Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:07:32 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13323#comment-325496 Clearly it was a trick by the atheist to make atheism look good and steal the children. Why won't anyone think of the children? Clearly it was a trick by the atheist to make atheism look good and steal the children.

Why won’t anyone think of the children?

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