That is similar to one of mine. “The Universe, and Life are fair. They are completely impassionate about their fairness.”
I throw that at any one that dares utter the phrase “life isn’t fair,” at anyone else in my earshot. Through 44 years of life it seems that those that like the phrase “Life isn’t fair,” are the very ones working as hard as they can to ensure it is unfair.
So often it’s used to excuse you getting screwed by someone. The universe may not be fair, but more often than not, when facing unfair bullshit, there’s a person/people you can actually slap behind it.
for real. folks, even if you’re atheist or agnostic, make a note right now of the religious institutions in your community with pride flags, progress flags, coexistence symbols, and palestine flags (assuming they’re not mosques, that will be a little trickier to get a read on, i’m not saying to hate a mosque with a palestine flag, it’s just not intrinsically a symbol of coexistence in that context). these are people who root their love of you in a different place than you root your love of humanity, but they still love you and want you to be alive on this earth. an imperfect coalition is better than a compromised one.
There are no gods to save us. We have to save ourselves. And that requires everyone working together. Including us and theists.
I am even happy to extend an olive branch to any evangelical that agrees to fight for progressive causes. They do exist believe it or not.
A motto of mine is “The universe doesn’t care, so we have to”.
Love seeing other versions of the same idea held by others.
We are the caring center of the universe.
That is similar to one of mine. “The Universe, and Life are fair. They are completely impassionate about their fairness.”
I throw that at any one that dares utter the phrase “life isn’t fair,” at anyone else in my earshot. Through 44 years of life it seems that those that like the phrase “Life isn’t fair,” are the very ones working as hard as they can to ensure it is unfair.
My retort for “life isn’t fair” is a lot shorter.
It is: “I know, doesn’t mean you can’t be”.
So often it’s used to excuse you getting screwed by someone. The universe may not be fair, but more often than not, when facing unfair bullshit, there’s a person/people you can actually slap behind it.
for real. folks, even if you’re atheist or agnostic, make a note right now of the religious institutions in your community with pride flags, progress flags, coexistence symbols, and palestine flags (assuming they’re not mosques, that will be a little trickier to get a read on, i’m not saying to hate a mosque with a palestine flag, it’s just not intrinsically a symbol of coexistence in that context). these are people who root their love of you in a different place than you root your love of humanity, but they still love you and want you to be alive on this earth. an imperfect coalition is better than a compromised one.