“What’s your motivation to do good without god?”

People ask that question and all I hear is “Without the fear of punishment I would probably stab you in the process of stealing your pornography” or “Why should I care about others unless it’s getting me into heaven?” It pretty much just makes me look at them with a mixture of pity and disgust.

We’re good for the same reason we give gifts at Christmas: a world where everybody is happy is a better world to live in! Being a generous and kind person feels great!

And atheism reddit is doing a great job of it by raising money for Doctors Without Borders. You know them, they’re the group that provides medical assistance to people in impoverished areas without wasting a cent on literature talking about how those people need to believe someone rose from the dead or burn. They’re the ones who won’t waste a moment they could be helping someone else by whispering into the ear of a post-operation child that hell is real. I’m not sure there are a whole lot of better causes out there.

They’ve got over $200,000 raised and are still going. It won’t go to paying a pastor. It won’t go toward a new expansion to a building that is functionally derelict. Nope, it will all go toward alleviating suffering. This is what the moral high ground really looks like.

Check it out and contribute a few bucks. You don’t need that vanilla latte this week.