I have no illusions about you respecting anybody's opinion, when you
assign attack words such as "callous" and "self-centered". I wrote : "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". Wow. how very terrible of me -
kindness and generosity are so very awful.
You know what? I posted that as MY "faith journey" that I am on. Do let
us know when you find a Faith Journey that ends someplace other than a
cemetery. We are all on the same trolley ride, and every one ends at a
graveyard.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffry Young, D.O." <[email protected]>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Todd Augsburger
You know what? Todd's blog post was about him, and his faith journey. He
posted it as his way of dealing with the journey that he was on. If it
helped others in their journey, fantastic! I don't hear any
pontification! It was not about you and your atheistic/agnostic beliefs.
I respect your opinion, but this was not the time to express it! Funny
how self centered and callous the non-believer can be.
I don't recall any one asking your opinion about religiosity as we morn
the passing of a friend and fellow collector!
With all due respect!
Jeff
Wisconsin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Dan Kj
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:43 PM
To: Antique Phonograph List
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Todd Augsburger
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.
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