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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm an atheist but I have enormous respect for what Ali's family did at this memorial.
Astounding number of religions brought together and declaring how they are the same, how we are the same. I'm actually tearful that this is being done in the middle of so much useless vitriol. I may not believe, but I know it's an attempt to understand this crazy thing we are and are in the midst of, and I feel great joy.
Peace be with you. And with Ali, at last.
blm
(113,038 posts).
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,560 posts)malaise
(268,850 posts)he planned this himself - they executed his plans - it is wonderful
nolabear
(41,959 posts)What a great example for those of us who get our backs up and want to be all absolute about things.
niyad
(113,213 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)wryter2000
(46,027 posts)We are the same, atheist and believer.
nolabear
(41,959 posts)"We are all simply more human than otherwise." ~Harry Stack Sullivan
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)SouthernDemLinda
(182 posts)When someone starts their diatribe with I'm an atheist but......Yes, the Ali funeral honored religions but not being atheist. There were no atheists mentioned in terms of respect, they are the most hated people in America today, and if you were going to put on a demonstration of intolerance toward those with different ideas or beliefs leaving them out was just the thing to do. Nobody mentioned Religion Flies Planes Into Buildings either.
Excerpt:
If you say "I believe there's an all-powerful force of love in the universe that connects us all, and I have no evidence of that but I believe it in my heart," It's perfectly okay to believe in your heart that you need to fly planes into buildings for Allah.
― Penn Jillette
wryter2000
(46,027 posts)But, hey...if that's your thing.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)That is now my go-to response ...
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)nolabear
(41,959 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)uponit7771
(90,329 posts)mountain grammy
(26,608 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)nolabear
(41,959 posts)No matter what your truth is, honesty and peace with that truth is the best of us.
rurallib
(62,403 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Ellen Forradalom
(16,159 posts)Which permit him to accept it in others. Rest in peace and in power.
nolabear
(41,959 posts)gademocrat7
(10,651 posts)Peace to you, nolabear.
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)...would call this a 'teachable moment.'
Ali's life is a model for responsible, empathetic citizenship. His memorial service was a testimony to the example he set in his life.
My condolences to his family and his many friends around the world.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)I'm not religious, either, and I'm willing to look past his seemingly one idiotic quality, his adherence to a bearded papa in the sky.
Muhammed Ali said many inspirational things, and was a natural motivational influence. Rest In Peace, Mohammed Ali