(June 5, 2013 at 7:26 am)Rahul Wrote: So I was talking to my Southern Baptist mother on the phone last night and she was talking about an older gentleman from my old home town who passed away from a stroke recently.
She proceeded to tell me how he made it pretty big in life with lots of money but word was that he was an... "atheist!" *gasp*
My mom then proceeded to say, "I bet he wishes he had some money to buy his way out of where he is now!"
Of course I just bite my tongue as usual. Fuck, I'm tired of hearing such idiotic statements come out of the mouth of such a highly intelligent woman.
*sighs*
It is very sad that the one you once looked up to as the bastion of intellect, reasoning, truth and inquiry exposes their blind spot.
Chin up! She raised you! And you are an independent thinker. She is also getting old.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
