Not all atheists reject the "community" of organized religion, in the sense they recognize that the desire for community, while being addressed by organized religion, is not created by it. And, some of these atheists especially note that this "community" acts in part as a community of giving and caring.
And, one of them/us has now responded with, if you will, an online collection plate for atheists. At the same time, Dale McGowan defends past atheist giving levels, noting they haven't had this type of structure.
The story, that said, has a big empirical problem. It claims religious believers give more to charity, without parting out donations to religious denominations themselves.
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