Posted by:
SL Cabbie
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Date: September 29, 2014 06:22AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/opinion/sunday/god-darwin-and-my-college-biology-class.htmlSince the passing of the Wise Ol' Cabbie, I haven't had any colleagues I felt comfortable discussing this one with. And after over 45 years of cogitating on the subject, the only thing I can conclude is that there are a lot more bat$#!%! crazy sorts among the religious than the non-religious.
But there are also more religious sorts in the first place, and anyone who's an atheist and hasn't contemplated and process their own deaths--and experienced that very real angst--hasn't truly been in touch with the whole of their inner being.
Wiser sorts than I have given this one their full kenning powers; I remember Mark Twain's "The Mysterious Stranger" where an angel answers some children's prayers for a really good individual and renders him crazy because the children prayed for his happiness.
Might be a lesson there...
Cue up also Chief Dan George's "prayer" from the great movie, "Little Big Man" asking the Great Spirit to watch over his grandson and help keep him from going crazy.
Please proceed; I'm going to go chop wood and carry water.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/2014 12:32PM by SL Cabbie.