Religion is the opiate of the masses
I really appreciated this brief highlight by Ash Sarkar about what Marx meant by that iconic line.
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"The Radical Theology of Mr. Rogers"
This is from the Substack of Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. I've followed her on various social media and just came across her Substack. As an ardent fan of Mister Rogers, this was a good read and interesting to delve into the religious underpinning of his drive for bettering the world for children.
Fred Rogers was a Presbyterian minister whose life's work was, I believe, built almost entirely (if not entirely) around Leviticus 19:18:
"Love your neighbor as yourself: I am God."
Hence... the neighborhood.
In practice it that looked like this (all of these are his words):
"To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way [they are], right here and now."
and
"Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving."
Rogers' love of love was so intense that his favorite number was famously 143—since it corresponded to the number of letters in each word of "I love you." In fact, a few years ago his home state of Pennsylvania declared the 143rd day of the year—May 23rd—to be "143 Day," a day of kindness "inspired by PA's favorite neighbor."
"Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're 'equally infinite.' Infinity just is, and that's the way I think love is, too," Rev. Fred Rogers
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There are only two religions
I don't know how it knows, but TikTok always hits me with these crazy philosophical post as I'm getting ready for bed
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John Cleese Talks Religion and the 'Life of Brian'
A clip from the Dick Cavett show, originally aired 10/12/1979.
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Do you believe in God? I know it's a personal question. I do. And I think He was pretty awesome to make relativity a thing, don't you? The faster you go, the less time you experience. It's like He's inviting us to explore the universe, you know?
Religion is not a thing I feel particularly strongly for these days, but I really like this passage from Hail Mary. I've been greatly enjoying the book and am within a stone's throw of finishing it.
PS - Glowbug idea, a growing list of 'auto replacements' for known links. For example, I could add 'Hail Mary' and have it be italicized and linked to the book listing online. Will need to think on it, adding it to the coding backlog.
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