Yes this post is very much “why I donate” and definitely not “why everyone should donate”.
Most people are also not atheists, much poorer ( see gwwc.org/hrai ), value their wellbeing hundreds of times more then the wellbeing of others, and don’t view spending money as voting on how the global economy allocates its resources, so all other paragraphs in this post would also not apply.
In that paragraph I mention what I perceive the effect of extra spending vs extra donating to be on others because that informs why I personally donate, I could have phrased it better.
I don’t understand how this is an argument applicable to anyone other than yourself; other people clearly feel differently.
If that is something they care or worry about, it’s a difference—adding the word “only” doesn’t change that!
Yes this post is very much “why I donate” and definitely not “why everyone should donate”.
Most people are also not atheists, much poorer ( see gwwc.org/hrai ), value their wellbeing hundreds of times more then the wellbeing of others, and don’t view spending money as voting on how the global economy allocates its resources, so all other paragraphs in this post would also not apply.
In that paragraph I mention what I perceive the effect of extra spending vs extra donating to be on others because that informs why I personally donate, I could have phrased it better.