In a discussion last week, Barry Fernelius suggested to Anon that:
You seem strongly attached to the idea that there’s no God. Perhaps you’d be happier as a Buddhist. Of course, Buddhism might lead you to let go of attachments, so it might be too dangerous…
Which for some reason reminded me of a Robin Williams joke: A Buddhist walks up to a hot dog vendor and says, make me one with everything.
(This joke was in his utterly-charming 1999 movie Bicentennial Man. When I heard it, I laughed so hard I was in tears. My wife, sitting next to me in the theater, looked over quizzically and shook her head in bemusement. But then I have the same reaction about some of the stuff she finds hysterically funny.)
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