Well, it is difficult for atheists to find a forum in which to celebrate
their beliefs. We don't have a structure and a history of ceremonies harkin
2008/12/3 Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>
> Fred, the only thing I would like to have back is the analogy between Obama
> and The Highwayman--bad mistake. It skews the entire rant, which really
> wasn't "intended" as a poem at all but just sort of unfolded. I was looking
> ahead to Obama having to watch his back, and remembering The Highwayman led
> me onto a wrong path. Nevertheless, I fear the man has a target on his
> back.
>
> As for Weil, my reasons for disliking her are surely different from yours.
> I find to my chagrin, actually, that I can no longer work apart from a
> religious or at least spiritual grounding, albeit not necessarily at all
> times visible. That is the reason I have gone silent here and probably why
> I'm heading to the door. Almost six years is long enough to absorb offline
> verbal abuse and develop a sense of alienation. If I affirmed my beliefs
> here thrice yearly the way other people affirm their atheism, I'd be drawn
> and quartered.
>
> Ken
>
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Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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