These are organizations dedicated to charity and volunteer work – they do good stuff in communities all over the world and, unlike religious people, they do it without trying to trick vulnerable people into believing a bunch of contrived superstitious nonsense and joining some cult of irrational crackpots. This seems kind of, not opposition to religious people, but definitely competition for religious people, so do religious see these secular humanitarian organizations as competitors?
How Do Religious People Like The Secular Humanitarian Organizations Like Rotary And The Lions Club?
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Rotary is not a secular humanist club. Many, if not most Rotarians have deep religious beliefs, are active in their respective churches and have the utmost respect for other believers. Every Rotary meeting I’ve been too, has always included a short prayer or benediction as part of the program. Rotary however, is a secular service organization and has both believers and non-believers. No particular faith is promoted or required and as I understand it, selling your business or religious beliefs to others at a Rotary event, is considered to be very bad taste and contrary to the open and accepting nature of the organization.
Rotary is about meeting friends in your hometown and working together with them to help others, even those in far away places, with very serious problems. Is that not consistent with your religious beliefs?
Not me. I think these civic organizations, generally, do GREAT work.
I commend them, … every Christian should.
It is a social outlet for many men as well as a good and
worthwhile project for their attention. And it is a good
way to learn to interact with other people of various beliefs.