I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. ~ John Burroughs
This One and Only Life
For the genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptibility of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.
If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the constitutional ideal of human dignity.
”(Source: ffrf.org)
There are just a few steps from the belief that “there is a god existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” (Christianity) to “there is a god existing in all deities” (Universalism) to “there is some type of deity existing in all things” (Pantheism) to “there is no evidence for a deity” (atheism).
There are just a few steps, but the journey can be slow and painful.
It can feel very, very lonely.
But please know you’re not alone. There are millions making the same journey (or a similar one) and there are millions of us ready to welcome you with open arms when you get here.
We’re just a few steps away. ~JJ
I hear you JJ; loud and clear. I rarely go there on Facebook but I was compelled to talk about this today. Fear is the glue that kept me in religion for as long as I stayed. It’s scary when you think you’re the only one. No one wants to be the outsider. But we’re all outsiders to some group. Stay in something if you genuinely have a heart and desire to be there. Don’t stay there out of fear. Leaving is not an easy thing to do, but it beats lying to yourself.
(Source: teachthemhowtothink)
- At 0:38, she gives us a biology lesson.
- At 0:58, she drops a truth bomb.
- At 1:24, she asks the most important question you could ever ask a straight person who is scared of gay people, ever.
- At 1:48, she gives some awesome props to her straight allies like you and me. Then she punches me in the guts with her words.
- At 2:10, I feel like I’m at a church I’d go to regularly even though I’m an atheist.
- At 2:21, she informs me of something I never knew happened and breaks my heart.
- At 3:03, she tells those who live in fear where to put their ignorance, and I applaud in awe.
(Source: upworthy.com)
