Brilliant piece - the opening reminded my (whimsically) of a question our high school Religious Education teacher used to pose; what does the dyslexic atheist insomniac do at night? He lies awake wondering if there is a Dog.
But jokes aside, as Naval puts it, your birth is no less consequential than the beginning of the universe, from your perspective nothing existed before your birth and after your death the universe shall cease to exist. Yay for the pragmatists, we are here so let's go.
Brilliant piece - the opening reminded my (whimsically) of a question our high school Religious Education teacher used to pose; what does the dyslexic atheist insomniac do at night? He lies awake wondering if there is a Dog.
But jokes aside, as Naval puts it, your birth is no less consequential than the beginning of the universe, from your perspective nothing existed before your birth and after your death the universe shall cease to exist. Yay for the pragmatists, we are here so let's go.