Lotus in the Mud
An atheist professor from Virginia Tech has taken the opportunity provided by a piece of throwaway bigotry to express my source of hope and meaning better than I can. (Thanks to Jewish Atheist for collecting this story and bringing it to my attention.)
Tags: Atheism, compassion, death, Humanism, love, religion, suffering
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April 23, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
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April 25, 2007 @ 5:20 am
That’s intense.
April 25, 2007 @ 7:40 am
Amen.
April 27, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Also, I’m going to put this out on the table- Dinesh D’Souza is a dick.
April 27, 2007 @ 3:05 pm
Yep. He’s the mud (polite term) that the title refers to. It does give me a little faith that all of us can be useful, even if it is only to inspire others to fight against our ignorance.