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Reddit and its community blows balls. There are churches out there who contribute in much bigger ways and get less publicity.

What a bunch of self serving douchebags. I'm sure they contribute online, but what will they do when someone in need approaches them in the street?

This kind of behavior is disgusting.

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Seriously? You hear of a group of people who do good things, and your response is, "Well, they don't do as well as this other group that does good things!"

They did some really great things, and your response is "disgusting". Sad.

I would agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that Reddit constantly bashes that "other group" and never gives them credit when it's due.

Which negates their own achievements?

People tend to be fascinated when a system does things it is not created to do.

Reddit's primary purpose is to share and comment on links whereas churches are founded to spread goodwill in a community.

I'm pretty sure churches are not founded to spread goodwill in a community.

Most religions exist to spread the goodwill of their respective deity or deities. Often times they spread their goodwill through charitable means.

I can't believe that a place of religious worship is created with the prime motivation to spread goodwill. It's purely to extend and expand or fortify their religion.

Edit: To clarify my point further: If the aim was to spread goodwill, it would be more efficient to open a center directly focused on such.

I hope you understand that there is no debate going on between us. This is merely an outsider's understanding of how a church functions.

In the context of this thread it is irrelevant how effective / ineffective, good / bad a church is. The church is used to define an entity that represents a contrast to reddit's intended functionality.

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