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									<p>There was a strange letter to the editor in the Kentucky-based <em>Glasgow Daily Times</em> yesterday. <strong>Ronald W. Curry</strong>, a man who has apparently never used Google before, <a href="http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/opinion/letter-to-editor-who-is-answering-the-houston-call/article_11c1a39a-9327-11e7-8694-fbc699151143.html">had a simple question</a> for readers: How come no atheists are helping out in Houston?</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Where are the atheist relief groups?</strong> Where are their fleet of trucks loaded with supplies? Where are their crews that help dry out and clean up? Where are their construction crews that rip out water-damaged carpet, floors and drywall and install new materials? <strong>If there is a single group of atheists involved in this effort &#8212; or for that matter, in any effort such as this, it is not known to the writer.</strong></p>
<p>And how many hospitals and orphanages were founded by atheists? Where are the thrift shops, clothes closets or food pantries under the surveillance of atheist groups?</p></blockquote><div class="ad ad-container visible-xs-block">
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<p>There are so many ways to respond to this&#8230;</p>
<p>One answer to this question is that you&#8217;re not going to see as many atheist groups because we don&#8217;t pressure members to give us 10% of their income and don&#8217;t have the sort of infrastructure that allows us to pool resources quickly for relief efforts.</p>
<p>Another answer is that there are <em>almost certainly</em> a lot of atheists helping out with relief efforts, but they&#8217;re doing it out of the goodness of their hearts and don&#8217;t feel the need to broadcast their lack of religion in the process. It&#8217;s not like every godless volunteer is wearing a shirt that says, &#8220;God didn&#8217;t cause this hurricane!&#8221;</p>
<p>But the thing I wanted to scream at Curry is that there <em>are</em> atheist groups collecting money for relief efforts and helping people on the ground. They&#8217;re not hard to find, either, if you just <em>take a few damn seconds</em> to look for them. </p><div class="ad ad-container visible-xs-block">
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<p>Here&#8217;s a brief rundown of what atheist <em>groups</em> are doing for victims of Hurricane Harvey:</p>
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<li><a href="https://foundationbeyondbelief.org/hurricane-harvey-drive/">Foundation Beyond Belief</a> has been raising money from atheist donors since the hurricane hit. The first group to receive a check from them is <a href="https://www.hands.org/">All Hands Volunteers</a>, a non-profit that assists with disaster recovery. At least one more group will be receiving funds as well.</li>
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<li>The Freedom From Religion Foundation&#8217;s charity agency, Nonbelief Relief Inc., <a href="https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/30254-ffrf-s-charity-agency-donates-sum-to-houston">donated $10,000</a> to the <a href="https://ffrf.org/donate/nonbelief-relief-inc">Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund</a>. They&#8217;re also &#8220;collecting hygiene and cleaning products and donations&#8221; to give to a local Boys and Girls Club working with their national organization to help people in Houston.</li>
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<li>The Humanists of Houston are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Humanists.of.Houston/posts/10155721858868069">coordinating</a> all sorts of <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HumanistsHarvey">relief efforts</a> involving their members.</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.houstonoasis.org/">Houston Oasis</a> was cleaning strangers&#8217; homes and serving food at shelters. They&#8217;re still <a href="https://www.houstonoasis.info/">accepting donations and volunteers</a> for relief efforts.</li>
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<li>The South Texas Atheists for Reason have <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthTxAtheists/videos/1780816901947274/">volunteered</a> at a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthTxAtheists/photos/a.1132481110114193.1073741827.1131956256833345/1780201265342171/?type=3&#038;theater">diaper bank</a> and announced that they <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthTxAtheists/posts/1779947622034202">plan to &#8220;adopt&#8221; a family</a>, providing them with whatever resources they need to get through this difficult time.</li>
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<li>The Beaumont Humanist Society is <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/bhs4harvey">raising money</a> for local supplies (like bottled water).</li>
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<li>The Corpus Christi Atheists are <a href="https://fundrazr.com/HarveyCCA?ref=ab_a6pJMf_ab_AIM7FZoaDYGAIM7FZoaDYG">raising funds</a> for &#8220;members of the secular community who have lost or sustained damage to their homes.&#8221;</li>
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<li>One man formed his own group &#8212; the Humanist Fire Ants (because we can work together just like them) &#8212; to <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/humanistfireants">raise money for resources</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humanistfireants/videos/118557022140194/">help people rebuild their homes</a>.</li>
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<p>And <em>none</em> of that includes individual atheists who are just helping out or donating money on their own. </p>
<p>I found all of that information fairly easily. How come Curry couldn&#8217;t find a single one? Or was his letter just written out of ignorance?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s all eerily reminiscent of what <em>TIME</em> magazine&#8217;s <strong>Joe Klein</strong> said in 2013 when <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/06/23/time-cover-story-wrongly-attacks-atheists-for-not-helping-out-victims-of-oklahoma-tornadoes/">reporting on relief efforts</a> in Oklahoma following some deadly tornadoes. He wrote that it was &#8220;funny how you don’t see organized groups of secular humanists giving out hot meals&#8221; at ground zero. The sarcasm wasn&#8217;t appreciated since he <em>completely ignored</em> all the volunteer work done and donations made by atheist groups that were helping people in the wake of the disaster.</p><div class="ad ad-container visible-xs-block">
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<p>It&#8217;s not hard to find atheists in foxholes, and it&#8217;s not hard to find atheists assisting with disaster recovery. But some people don&#8217;t even want to look. They assume only religious people help out, and they run with it. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t believe their lies.</p>
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