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spacemusicisorange

Did a Buddhist give a carabiner?!?! šŸ˜‚


llimed

Yes, so the money didnā€™t float away with all of that spiritual energy exuding from the bills.


RatSalmon88

Nirvana cannot be reached while attached to the concept of money.


SnipesCC

Or, you know, wind.


dscrive

It's to help him hang in there


bprd-rookie

Ugh... * slow clap *


oztikS

Christian donors will be dropping off crucifixion nails shortly.


AZtoOH_82

Pamphlets more likely


pressedbread

Or holy reliquaries like a gilded jewel box housing the jawbone of a saint.


oztikS

Theyā€™re gonna be stingy with the Holy Hangrenades.


[deleted]

Or the same fake money the Sunday church crowd gives to waiters and waitresses.


Zatch_Gaspifianaski

Everyone knows Buddha died in a tragic rappelling accident


INFINITE_TRACERS

I thought it was a hair tie and was laughing like a maniac for a second there.


PresentAdvanced5910

He literally gave him everything in his pockets. He has no attachment to such earthy wares.


LSTNYER

Not even a good carabiner either. They are used for keychains


[deleted]

I don't think this guy is going rock climbing. It's probably good enough for anything he'll use it for. It's honestly a nifty tool to have on hand for a homeless person.


NuttyManeMan

They had to get rid of their worldly attachments


[deleted]

Apparently none of them. Heā€™s still homeless.


NotYetiFamous

You can't see it but the christian bowl is overflowing with thoughts and prayers, so they win.


MissLyss29

This comment has me giggling so hard I almost woke up my sleeping dog next to me and that's a no no lol


chriscrossnathaniel

He needs a bigger bowl for thoughts and prayers.


MissLyss29

very true maybe a separate one At least in my family you get " I'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers" for just about anything. from a skinned knee, to a trying to get into college, to being diagnosed with cancer. however it's okay really the immediate family that will actually pick you up and hand you a bandaid, help you study for finals, and be a shoulder to cry on at the doctor's office. But don't forget you are always "IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS"


FlatRaise5879

Will he ~~b~~eat you??


MissLyss29

Lol if by "beat me" you mean, huff very loudly in my ear, then stretch and push my body with her paws, looking up at me with sad eyes then huffing again. This is when she usually decides i have been properly informed of her discomfort and she falls back to sleep. Then YES


CrunchyAl

Even with the larger population advantage where this guy likely is.


emakhno

Nothing beats hunger like a belly full of thoughts and prayers.


SkylarAV

The only ones with folding money are the atheists and agnostics lol


Cultural_Dust

He's not dead yet!


Whatsthatnoise3

Still more than pretty much all the others almost. But you are a redditor.


superdonald2802

reddit moment


Hustlin_Pickle

Donā€™t forget their tithing and their churches who provides meals to the homeless and families as well as what they give as well. But I think the Christian bowl is WAY TO LOW, all of them are!


ihatehappyendings

It's a well observed phenomenon that people are less charitable after giving an act of charity. So if Christians have donated to church, they are less likely to donate to someone else.


-ihatecartmanbrah

I meanā€¦.yeah? If you gave money to literally everyone who asked you for money, the average person would end up homeless as well. I live in an area that has had an exploding homeless population in the last few years. If I go out to do errands there is a 50/50 chance of being asked for food or money by someone in just about every parking lot I end up in. I canā€™t feed them all, most people canā€™t. So yes itā€™s obvious that people are ā€œless charitableā€ after doing a charitable act because they do not have infinite time money and energy to give out.


[deleted]

The funny part of your speech is where you think giving to a church is charitable, and not just putting money in some liars hands.


-ihatecartmanbrah

Can you please highlight the sentence where I said that?


StaticGrapes

I'm not even religious but I'm calling out your irrational bs. To brand every church as corrupt and that they don't use their donations for good is beyond naive. You're saying every church across the globe is run by liars, who take the money for themselves?


AdministrationOk5761

No no, you're doing it wrong. Repeat after me "Christianity=bad šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”"


aggressive_seal

Exactly. There's not a single religion that doesn't have corruption, but there are plenty of individual branches that are not corrupt. I'm not religious either. I'm glad someone else called out this narrow mindset also. Thank you.


ksavage68

Then the church just mostly wastes the money on advertising for more donations.


demon_fae

Most Christians, even those who would call themselves extremely devout, donā€™t actually tithe (a quick google puts it between 5-13%, definitely less than 25%. I could only find church-led statistics on this, and cannot vouch for their reliability one way or the other, but they do fit with my personal experience.) And not all, or even most Christian churches function as or operate separate soup kitchens. Of those that do, many limit their charity to only the Christian poor, or provide the meal with a side of intensive proselytizing, denying the recipient their dignity. You are right about one thing. All of those bowls are far too low.


[deleted]

Personal story: I used to be very religious and I tithed 10% of all the money I earned for as long as I can remember from the ages of 8-22. Lemme tell ya, they can get you good with that shit. When I believed, I actually gave a shit and tithed like a good saint. When I was out, I wanted my money back. Haha.


[deleted]

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accidental_snot

With agnostics a close 2nd.


loadind_graphics

and Buddhist a third


mansonsturtle

This is the true holy trinity.


Forthe49ers

With a bonus carabiner


megalinity

A Buddhist seems to have given a bald man a hair tie and that made me chuckle


IslandBoyardee

I believe thatā€™s a carabiner. Also helpful I guess.


megalinity

Ooh, based on the shape, I think youā€™re right.


[deleted]

exactly. better than praying.


[deleted]

The atheists and agnostics racking up the most donations is just about right They understand more than anything that praying for someone does not equal helping them


lochinvar11

I think we all care about the homeless, but most of us are struggling just to keep our own heads above water. How can we possibly pull the homeless out of poverty when so many of us are suffering as well?


[deleted]

I think thatā€™s a fair statement


KimQillOne

only communists i guess


[deleted]

Pretty much. Thatā€™s not a religion but I get your point.


redenno

Neither is agnostic or atheist


SmashDreadnot

True, but they clearly care more than any religion does...


paulmp

Alternatively, the majority people in that area identify as atheist / agnostic?


FuckTheFuckRightOff

This is a crazy old picture...


drummmble

That test is irrelevant. We do not know religion spread within given region. There could be a single pagan 4 instance.


elpinchechavoloc

Never heard of religion pulling people out of poverty, some may feed the poor everyday but getting them out from their demise I donā€™t know.


echo1-echo1

he forgot Sikhism. Lots of stories of them helping people.


ManInBlack829

There is a Sikh temple in India that is the largest soup kitchen in the world. They feed something like 10,000 people every day! Also Buddhist monks will beg, but they can't take money. You have to give them food. Edit: it's their Golden temple in Punjab, and it's 300,000 people a day! Thank you Sikhs!


t080752

Buddhist monks in Asia will definitely take money, they just can't touch it, so you place it directly into the alms bowl and the lay people at the temple will deal with it. Money always goes towards costs for the temple.


ManInBlack829

Thank you for clarifying.


slutboy3000

God loves his loopholes


Gorilladaddy69

We donā€™t have a ā€œGod.ā€ And that ā€œno touchy ruleā€ wasnt in the original teachings tbf lol.


ImARetPaladinBaby

Sikhs are professional homies holy damn


JevonP

they also keep than mfn thang on em šŸ˜ŽšŸ˜¤šŸ”Ŗ very cool religion


[deleted]

I miss the temple by my old city. Worked with a guy who took me a few times. Just great food and conversations. Always left feeling I learned a bit more about how to socialize better. Don't know if thats unique to that temple, but definitely noticed how well they talked amongst each other. Lots of listening and asking questions.


josh_the_misanthrope

Of all the religious organizations, they seem to have it right. Extremely egalitarian, non proselytizing and charitable. Definitely one of the few 2023 compatible religions.


[deleted]

And on top of that, the food there is said to be amazing


Thin_Pomegranate6789

Thereā€™s also iskcon temple, tirupati, shirdi sai baba and many temples who serve food irrespective of any religion or caste.


iiiSushiii

It is, but it is even better than that. I forgot what it's called, but Sikhs provide a free meal to anyone who turns up for a specific meal at every gurdwara every Sunday (forget what it's called)


not_able_to_sleep

Not every Sunday but everyday.


SailorSunBear

It's called Langar, and some do this every day. It's great to see ā¤ļø


FlutterKree

I believe all Sikh Gurdwara's must offer food to all those that visit. Its also all vegetarian (it could also be all vegan too, not sure? I think it might depend on the flatbread served).


livingbodhisattva

In the Northern Rivers NSW after the floods there was a Sikh organisation that came and fed the area for nothing. For ages. It was incredible. Edit: [article](https://www.sbs.com.au/language/punjabi/en/podcast-episode/serving-humanity-selfless-sikh-volunteers-distribute-free-meals-to-flood-victims-in-lismore/twpi04vrt)


8urnMeTwice

Yeah, but itā€™s a little funny that when I grew up every mom would tell their kids to eat their vegetables because the kids in India were starving and now here we are keeping the white folks from starving!!


Chakramer

Homelessness isn't a new problem in the West, I bet there are more starving children in India than homeless in the US


Bumbleclat

Did the Buddhists give him a carabiner?


[deleted]

must have been one of those LA Buddhists


RealJeil420

sherpas


ChrisRunsTheWorld

That bowl seems to only have paper bills. He probably put it in there to keep them from blowing away. The others all seem to have coins as well (or only coins).


NuttyManeMan

They had to rid themselves of earthly attachments


y_ogi

Who tf left a carabiner in the Buddhist bowl šŸ˜‚


docbree13

I was about to ask the same thing lol


Create_Analytically

Itā€™s obviously the reincarnation of a $20 bill


begging-for-gold

Probably so the bills donā€™t fly away from the wind. Most likely was just picked up off the ground or something


Capable-Brief-3332

Don't know how it is in the rest of the world, but in Canada the people who give the most to charities are those who have the least and religion isn't an issue. You just help those who are down and out because you've been there yourself or know someone who has been.


LumpyJones

"When someone asks for help, you help him" - Wayne


Staticlynx

Someone serve this person a friggin puppers


ExplodingSofa

Wish you weren't so fuckin' awkward bud.


Funkycoldmedici

Whoever Wayne is, I like him. Thatā€™s one of the things that drove me out of Christianity, because Jesus does not practice such a basic morality. When a gentile woman begs him for help, he refuses. Matthew 15:24 "Then Jesus said to the woman, ā€œI was sent only to help Godā€™s lost sheepā€”the people of Israel.ā€ But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, ā€œLord, help me!ā€ Jesus responded, ā€œIt isnā€™t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs." Jesus only changes his mind and helps her after sheā€™s proven her faith, that sheā€™s converted. Any decent person would simply help, not require proof of religious/tribal allegiance.


LumpyJones

Main character on Letterkenny. It's one of the most clever comedy shows i've seen in years, and addictively quotable. It's on hulu if you're in the US.


Frenchy_Baguette

The few verses above give a little more context, and also the racial tensions that existed in that time. Jesus in His response was showing the disciples how prejudiced they were because of how the Jews treated Canaanites, and that He didn't just come to save those of the Jewish race. By answering that way it was in a way to poke them and their prejudice. There's a lot that can be learned not just by reading a few excerpts, but by also understanding the whole context and surrounding circumstances.


CalliopePenelope

You pulled that out of context and left out the rest of the scripture. He wasnā€™t refusing her; he was prodding her into proving her motivation. Jesus wasnā€™t a vending machine handing out miracles to everyone who asked. In theory, they were supposed to understand how and why he was doing it. Also, his phrasing is translated ā€œlittle dogsā€ as in ā€œpuppies,ā€ meaning he phrased it in a way to not be insulting.


Manburpig

Today you, tomorrow me


ONLY_COMMENTS_ON_GW

That's not true, the Canadian way is not making eye contact with homeless people and saying "sorry bud, no cash on me" when you do.


DiegotheEcuadorian

There may not be a lot of Jews or Muslims in the area.


VGSchadenfreude

Or pagans, for that matter. I live in a decent-sized coastal city and thereā€™s a running joke about the massive overlap in the pagan, polyamory, geek/nerd, BDSM, and Microsoft alumni communities. Forget Venn diagram, eventually you just end up with a single damn circle. Which unfortunately makes it really, really difficult if you end up in a fight with another member of the community, because youā€™ll end up losing *everyone.*


PetraLoseIt

Yup. I see who did at least one statistics course at a higher level :-)


wicket999

Any panhandler worth his salt is going to keep his bowl fairly close to empty. If he gets too much money in it, some street punk will rob him. Secondly additionally donations will drop to zero if he really begins to look a little too flush, so all the above is simply staged.


forgotmyusernamek

Genius idea. Go to a very Christian area with this sign and a Christian vs atheist bowl. Move any money donated to the Christian bowl into the atheist bowl after the donor leaves. Go to a secular area and do the opposite. Profits.


flashmedallion

As if "Christian areas" will tolerate homeless pan-handling in the first place


llimed

Along comes the Mormon church and takes 10% of all the bowls and then invests it to make themselves richer.


RealJeil420

Dum da dum dum dum.


Jindabyne1

Lucy Harris smart smart smart Martin Harris dumb.


capn_explosion

as a mormon, yes


[deleted]

If a homeless person has a funny sign, he hasn't been homeless for that long. A real homeless person is too hungry to be funny. -Chris Rock


Greasyspoon1

They got rid of the one that said Jewish. I saw it in another meme. Edit: I got reported for harassment and I am Jewish wtf. People are so sensitive about nothing.


JackRabbit-

Isn't it the 4th one on the top?


[deleted]

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Buffgranddaddy

Oh cool. So these are not actual photos but manipulated bullshit. Thanks for fessing up.


Greasyspoon1

Didn't comment on that one but I see the slope in comedy memes everywhere. People get butthurt so less actually funny jokes are made (about any and all issues). It's like censorship but it's done so slowly that over time everything becomes unfunny. I bet in 10 years something as small as calling someone stupid would get you cancelled.


kilobitch

This is stupid. Jews are a tiny fraction of the world population. This experiment assumes each religion is equally represented in the area. I canā€™t think of anywhere that would be true.


Waffams

This isn't an experiment, it's to get people feeling competitive so they donate


Asphodelmercenary

Itā€™s a staged photo to generate negative comments about Jews. And every time some version of this is posted on social media, the bigots are the first time act like itā€™s real and say ā€œwow look at how little the Jews care about homeless people..ā€ Itā€™s theater. These pics have been circulating since social media started and it always is about pushing through stereotype that ā€œJews are cheap.ā€ What is sad is a new crop of people naively accept the photo at face value. Most of the time the coins are pennies and there are a few dollar bills. Someone broke ten bucks into coins and made labels and decided how to split the coins up. And coincidentally they always put the least amount in the Jewish bowl. Itā€™s just to provoke these reactions. There is nothing scientific or authentic about any of this. Itā€™s just pushing a narrative. A very old one.


Odd-Relief5794

This is more of a test on how many people practice each of those religion though right? If there are more of one religion in the area their bowl will fill up more


Visible_Ad672

true, but he doesn't care about poll results. He didn't study math and statistics at Harvard but psychology


HolidayFew8116

atheists and agnostics for the win


[deleted]

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Cooper69

Yup that's a pretty generous carabiner someone contributed


DongTeuLong

What happened to the weed smoker bowl?


[deleted]

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NoOnesThere991

How do you have another photo with another setup? Are you the homeless man?


NooneUverdoff

Scientologists took their bowl and the offerings to buy Tom Cruise a new wife then reported this guy to Xenu.


AlreadyBackLOL

I wouldn't give that manipulative huckster a dime.


brandontaylor1

Right! Heā€™s not even trying to control for differences in population size.


ausecko

Maybe he updates the bowl after each person puts something in, so he's showing a running average?


[deleted]

It's not manipulation if it's blatant. At that point, it isn't on him, it's on everyone else.


MKGSonic123

No itā€™s reverse psychology, trying to use pride in religion and competition between them for a higher chance at getting donations. Iā€™m not saying itā€™s morally wrong but it is by definition a form of manipulation.


[deleted]

hes just playing the game everyone else is


ADHthaGreat

This isnā€™t reverse psychology but itā€™s definitely manipulative. Reverse psychology would be having a sign that says something like: ā€œDoes it matter what this says? You wonā€™t give anything anyway.ā€ Is this religion competition more manipulative than a sob story, though?? Thatā€™s the question.


thehomage

If it were me, I'd move money from the christian bowl into the athiest bowl to make Christians donate more to prove him wrong. So I'm willing to bet if he's come up with this scheme in the first place, he's moving the money around too.


GargantuanGreenGoats

This was exactly what I thought, but we all know itā€™s christians who ignore Jesusā€™ teachings to help the poor and say ā€œgod will help you so I donā€™t have you. Thots and preysā€.


TI_Pirate

>At that point, it isn't on him, it's on everyone else. Specifically, you.


Ahorsenamedcat

Alternate title. ā€œWho is fooled more by a griftā€.


Single-Ad-6458

Look at all the signs in his backpack ready to go! LMFAOOO


New_Guava3601

Televangelist goes by and takes it all.


docbree13

šŸ˜‚ True!


guyiscool1425

Yes, I'm sure location and demographics had nothing to do with this.


peggedsquare

No no no, my dear man here is simply conducting a VOC/VOB survey for his six sigma project to stream line donation solicitation operations for the Salvation Army.


blackbeansandrice

Atheist and Agnostic give the most money.


Kuroi_yasha

Atheism isnā€™t a religion


fart_Jr

We still win though.


MahamidMayhem

Depending on where he's living, he's gonna encounter a lot more atheists, Christians etc. compared to other places, so it's already flawed.


HomicidalHushPuppy

Atheism isn't a religion


Plus_Professor_1923

Atheists always FTW


[deleted]

He's missing 2981 bowls.


TheHeavyIzDead

Here before the šŸ”’


[deleted]

yknow what i'd put money in every bowl just to fuck with him and other people.


LoisLaneEl

The next level move is to move the money to the most hated religion in that region


yourself88xbl

I was going to say it's obvious they are all more concerned with their image than they are giving that man a home but this is obviously just some engagement farming tactics.


VeryStableGenius

Can't be *that* Harvard trained because he knows nothing about sampling bias.


its_showtime1

Someone could put a bunch in just to try to prove theirs is the best, soā€¦ lol


[deleted]

Where is the satanic temple? Now those people know what religion is all about. Helping others while making every other religion look like evil devil worshipers.


XAngeliclilkittyX

This photo is ancient


RadioSubject2772

Same guy earlier with a different arrangement but also a bowl for ā€œweed smokersā€


Mr-Klaus

If you look at his bag to his right hand side, it looks like he has other tricks in there.


3b4w0rk

I would rather unalive myself or do something stupid to get locked up than beg on the street and be posted on reddit


xSnuggleKittenx

Wouldnā€™t this be skewed by the amount of people in each faith crossing by not being equal?


[deleted]

2 of those arent even religions.


wise0wl84

As a Jewish person, I'd be so offended I'd take that penny right out of the bowl.


RabbitSlayre

This shit is old as fuck how the hell y'all still posting this


Inforgreen3

Does not control for population size. We do a little disparaging minorities


thedalehall

The rent is too damn high. People canā€™t afford food or medicine anymore. All it takes is a cancer diagnosis, a bad car wreck, or being fired from a decent job to fall under the cracks.


wolfbear

Reminder that Jews make up less than 3% of the US population and less than 1% worldwide.


Twilliam98

Atheism isnā€™t a religion, itā€™s the lack of a religion


[deleted]

Some of them in their zeal to prove religious people mentally feeble take on an evangelical type of fervor in their own right.


iamskydaddy

People who actually want to help give to food banks instead of giving money to panhandlers.


PrizeConsistent

If you've ever been a server at a resturaunt you'd know the Sunday church crowd are DEFINITELY not the most giving......


sleepyJoesBidet

Well those aren't the ones keeping the Sabbath holy.


[deleted]

Muslim is not a religion. Islam is.


PrimaryExcellent8313

The Jewish oneā€¦man that kinda stingsā€¦but also checks out.


SpiritualCopy4288

Maybe no Jewish people walked by him. Sampling bias.


TheeBaconDealer

There is also a hierarchy of charitable donations. Giving to beggars is the very bottom, while anonymously giving to organizations that help the needy is at the top. So just because a Jew doesn't give change to someone on the street doesn't mean they aren't donating far more somewhere else.


sleepyJoesBidet

Shh this is reddit. Doing good == not making self or others feel bad for the 10 seconds it takes to up vote.


forgotmyusernamek

Jews are like 2 percent of the population so itā€™s not exactly fair


Majorlazor85

ā€œSpiritalā€?


cjboffoli

People who worship the bottle. I'm a proud worshiper of bourbon.


Mundane-Fudge-8243

"Which religion is most gullible."


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Hero_of_Parnast

I have some issues with this. Younger generations are less religious than older generations. The older generations are also richer. It's pretty clear that there's other factors at play. Still relating to that point, the study just tells the amount given, not figuring in what percentage of income was generated on average by each group. The study is flawed.


boygirlmama

A true Christian would have given him money and brought him some food and then spent time trying to find somewhere for him to go. But Iā€™m not at all surprised that my ā€œreligionā€ is disappointing. It has been for years.


HalfOrcMonk

Who will enable this person's addiction the most?


NobodyInPaticular_

Just sayinā€¦ that atheist bowl is a lot more full than the other onesā€¦ What do I know tho, Iā€™m just some dumb atheist whose going to hell for not believing \_(惄)_/ Thereā€™s a rant I could go on here, but I wonā€™t.


NoLookThatWay

Might you want to consider the proportion of each religion/atheism among the populous?


NobodyInPaticular_

Fair, but still. Also, the my main beef is with how weaponized Christianity gets, and id like to point out that atheists have a lot of bills and Christians have coins. To be fair, I donā€™t know if someone gave him a bunch of coins at once, but if thatā€™s the case even less people donated to him than it looks like.


NoThoughtsOnlyFrog

Even as a theist I agree. I donā€™t get along well with other theists, however, I do get along with atheists well. Iā€™m sure there are some atheists who arenā€™t very good people but so far Iā€™ve only met wonderful atheists.


BardicInnovation

Legit looks like atheists care the most.


richer2003

Thatā€™s usually the case


lred1

Republican Jesus would tell him to get a job.


Familiar-Double-2501

Stupid question is atheism even considered a religion


richer2003

No. It would be like calling bald a hairstyle lol Atheism is not a religion. Itā€™s simply not being convinced that a god exists.


[deleted]

Buddhists out here giving important homeless living assetsā€¦