The following is from Roger Ebert\u2019s journal (he is so much more than a movie reviewer). This post is about Christopher Hitchens, a renowned atheist. (I reject atheism proselytizers as much as any others.) <\/p>\n
Traveler to the undiscovere’d country – Roger Ebert’s Journal<\/a><\/p>\n Ebert: I was asked at lunch today who or what I worshipped. The question was asked sincerely, and in the same spirit I responded that I worshipped whatever there might be outside knowledge. I worship the void. The mystery. And the ability of our human minds to perceive an unanswerable mystery. To reduce such a thing to simplistic names is an insult to it, and to our intelligence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Traveler to the undiscovere’d country – Roger Ebert’s Journal<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s an interesting take, although he lost me at worship<\/em> (barf). I think a lot about the unthinkable, especially the unknowable. I think we\u2019re fools \u2013 scientist or priest \u2013 to believe the entirety of our knowledge is more than one grain of sand on an infinite beach. Moreover, I believe there are things not merely unknown, but truly eternally and infinitely unknowable. <\/p>\n However, gawd, in every variation humans have imagined, is not a part of that. (But, I can\u2019t know that, can I.) More to the point, death is not part of that. We know what death is and we deny it every chance we get. Death is not a passage to a new adventure. Death is the end of self. But, no worries, you won\u2019t feel a thing. After all, you didn\u2019t spend the millennia before your birth tapping your foot and watching the proceedings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is from Roger Ebert\u2019s journal (he is so much more than a movie reviewer). This post is about Christopher Hitchens, a renowned atheist. (I reject atheism proselytizers as much as any others.) Traveler to the undiscovere’d country – Roger Ebert’s Journal Ebert: I was asked at lunch today who or what I worshipped. … Continue reading The Void<\/span>