Initially, when I first set this blog up I envisioned myself doing a few posts a month; maybe a few a week at best and found myself not posting at all for a great amount of time. Today I figured on a daily post whether short or long if possible but find myself doing a second post today, and for good reason (though I’ll probably get lambasted for the next paragraph).
Most who know me to any small degree will know that I am openly atheist, this is to mean that I simply do not beleive that a god or gods do or do not exist. Nothing more, nothing less! I reserve my right to this non-opinion as I have actually been Catholic not once but twice (yes confirmed no less). This is not to say that I dislike theists, in fact I have many theists in my life whom I hold dear as friends and family as well as acquaitances alike and I pride myself in studying theistic texts (currently comparing 3 bible versions and introducing myselt to the quran (Koran).
Why do I bring this up? Aside from the general idea that any reader will inevitably find this out I came across an event that happened to one of my favorite atheist speakers just this Tuesday. Seth Andrews has had a profoundly positive impact on my life and attitude and just Tuesday he lost a beloved family member Henry, his rescue dog.
We atheists are often seen in a bad light or with no “moral compass” but I assure you this is far from the case. Seth, in his rememberance of Henry has taken it upon himself to set up a gofundme to purchase a new rescue van for his local shelter! I am a massive proponent of rescue animals having myself volunteered at my local shelter as well as having a wonderful rescue of my own (who is absolutely wonderful) and so I thought I would at least post some links here in the event that perhaps some drive by reader may be willing to help. And remember, one does not have to be atheist to help (or to tune in to seth’s thinking atheist youtube channel for that matter).
So here we go with the linkage, it should be stated Seth’s original announcement was that he was hoping to raise at least $15000.00 for a newish van and at the time of this post he is at $17,482 with a revised goal of $25,000 to get something much more robust!
So there you have it, and I hope you theist readers out there can forgive me for being a heathen!
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