Goood morning, SuperForest!
Not long ago, I came across a rather beautiful video featuring Ricky Gervais giving his thoughts on atheism. Knowing Ricky Gervais, one might automatically assume that this is some sort of a joke. And knowing SuperForest, you might scratch your head as to why we would put this video up in the first place. Indeed, SuperForest usually isn’t one for sparking controversy (on second thought, maybe that’s not a bad thing), but the concept of sharing ideas, open thinking, and learning are things we value immensely.
Check it out:
Personally, I don’t consider myself an atheist. Now that I think about it, I’m not even sure my spiritual beliefs can be categorized…and when asked, I usually quote Thomas Paine in saying “The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” But what surprised me the most about this video, in particular, was that I found Gervais’ words a strange combination of interesting and poetic. Above all, I appreciated the fact that it made me think. And wherever your personal beliefs might stand, “thinking” and better yet, “exposure to different ways of thinking” is something I’m sure we can all appreciate.
Many thanks go out to the folks at “Big Think” for putting that together, you can find tons more segments of their Gervais interview on their site.
Hope you all have a wonderful day,
Carla
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