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Thu Oct 25 09:58:20 EDT 2018
Slept from eleven-thirty to six-thirty.
Woke briefly around one.
High of fifty-one and mostly sunny today.
Thick frost this morning.
Work:
- Clean email inbox
Done.
- Work on IPsec, VTI stuff
A bit.
- 4 PM insurance call
Done.
Twenty-five-minute walk at lunch.
Home:
https://github.com/markbates/goth
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18287622
> Why Did God Create Atheists?
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> There is a famous story told in Chassidic literature that addresses this very question. The Master teaches the student that God created everything in the world to be appreciated, since everything is here to teach us a lesson. One clever student asks “What lesson can we learn from atheists? Why did God create them?”
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> The Master responds “God created atheists to teach us the most important lesson of them all — the lesson of true compassion. You see, when an atheist performs an act of charity, visits someone who is sick, helps someone in need, and cares for the world, he is not doing so because of some religious teaching. He does not believe that God commanded him to perform this act. In fact, he does not believe in God at all, so his acts are based on an inner sense of morality. And look at the kindness he can bestow upon others simply because he feels it to be right.” “This means,” the Master continued “that when someone reaches out to you for help, you should never say ‘I pray that God will help you.’ Instead for the moment, you should become an atheist, imagine that there is no God who can help, and say ‘I will help you.’” —Martin Buber, Tales of Hasidim Vol. 2 (1991)
Watched a couple episodes of Making A Murderer.
Servings: grains 6/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 5/4, dairy 2/2, meat 4/3, nuts 0.5/0.5
Breakfast: two eggs, jalapeño, tomato, spinach, banana, coffee
Lunch: coffee, apple, tomato, toast with peanut butter, green tea
Dinner: corn tortillas with beef and vegetables, cookies
150/91
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