The problem for the nonbeliever is not that there is no one to thank for our good fortune but that there are more targets of gratitude than we can possibly acknowledge.
And let me point to a few more posts on this brilliant blog, that proves that the American right is not yet entirely brain dead:
- on creationist nonsense:
...evolution is one of those things where I have a very high degree of certitude as to whether it is true or not, such that I feel ridiculous wasting my finite life discussing its truth or not.
- on left and right definitions:
The Secular Left asks, why not?
The Secular Right asks, why?
The Religious Left demands that we should, “Because god wills it!”
The Religious Right asserts that we can’t, “Because god forbids it!”
If the secular right defines itself this way, along Montaigne's tradition, then it makes sense to read what they write...
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