"There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence, were something weak and helpless. These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, 'Business as usual.' But if they perceive a slight against God, it is a different story. Their faces go red, their chests heave mightily, they sputter angry words. The degree of their indignation is astonishing. Their resolve is frightening."
Yann Martel
Life of Pi
Turning 60 (in 2006)
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*This is the first of my birthday posts, back in 2006, just a few years
after I started blogging (since blogs didn't exist before.) It begins a
series ...
2 days ago
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