Friday, November 26, 2010
A late Thanksgiving thought.
Sometimes people wonder what atheists have to be thankful for. This question is usually related to another more common one "What do atheists have to live for?". The truth is, we have as much to be thankful for as everyone else does. The only thing that's different for us than theists is that while they're usually thankful for their god's forgiveness or some similar belief, we're thankful to be able to live free from superstition.
For all of us, we can be thankful for the following, and I hope you are!
People! Not just our friends and family, who we owe a special thank you too, but for humanity itself. Be thankful for the veterans who have served to preserve your freedom, be thankful for the scientists and doctors who have extended you lives and made them so much more comfortable, be thankful for teachers who give so much so selflessly, be thankful for the farmers who supply you with nutritious food at low prices, be thankful for engineers who have given us a life that was unimaginable only a generation ago, and be thankful for volunteers who give selflessly to help others they don't even know.
There are many more, I know. I'm sure you can think of them easily.
For all of us, we can be thankful for the following, and I hope you are!
People! Not just our friends and family, who we owe a special thank you too, but for humanity itself. Be thankful for the veterans who have served to preserve your freedom, be thankful for the scientists and doctors who have extended you lives and made them so much more comfortable, be thankful for teachers who give so much so selflessly, be thankful for the farmers who supply you with nutritious food at low prices, be thankful for engineers who have given us a life that was unimaginable only a generation ago, and be thankful for volunteers who give selflessly to help others they don't even know.
There are many more, I know. I'm sure you can think of them easily.
