I'm about at Edison's level of faith, less his occasional (and very real)
need to protect his businesses by pandering to the religious crowd when
reporters pushed him on the God subject. He saw no evidence of a kindly,
merciful being which oversaw Nature and the world. (Think of Mina trying to
get him to attend a service to thank God for victory in Cuba. "Shouldn't we
also thank God for the yellow fever which killed our soldiers?", he asked. )
I see Life as an opportunity & obligation to get through our years without
being nasty, cruel, thoughtless, greedy, etc - but we WILL be those things
at some point, and can only try to make up for that & maybe leave the world
a tiny bit better than when we entered. Being decent doesn't require a
mythical father-figure floating in the sky.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Madara" <bowl...@yahoo.com>
To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Todd Augsburger
If you have a chance read his blog where he discusses his struggles and
faith coping with ALS ( Lou Gehrig's Disease ).
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