Thread:Superdadsuper/@comment-14847494-20151204023742/@comment-5175866-20151224201449

Firstly your reply is a bit off topic. But to answer it, Christians and Atheists may donate to different charities and have different intentions. For example, a Christian would be more likely to donate to a Christian charity than an atheist, as they would also like their services to proclaim Christ. Even when donating to a secular charity, a Christian does so to honor God by using the money he has been blessed with. Christians who donate can know that they are pleasing God when they do so. So if a Christian is doing it to glorify God then it is a bit different in spirit of donation.

If you want to base this biblically, it is not one's actions that consider them righteouss, but it is there faith. An Atheist may be doing a good thing, but if they forsake God, they themselves will be forsaken by God.

An Atheist and a Christian may both being doing a good thing, and they may both want to help in combating an issue present in a Fallen World. A Christian and an Atheist both want to provide relief (which is a sefless thing, contrary to the belief that we exist to fulfill our desires), but a Christian wants to do it for God's glory. If you do good things, but have no faith, your good deeds cannot justify forgiveness for the wrongdoings you have done.