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kpete

(72,000 posts) Fri Aug 16, 2019, 08:40 AM Aug 2019

Lump in my throat...

@andersoncooper

You said "what punishment of gods are not gifts. Do you really believe that?" @andersoncooper, choking back tears, asks Stephen Colbert, as they discuss grief.

"Yes," replies the comedian. "It's a gift to exist and with existence comes suffering. There's no escaping that."

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Lump in my throat... (Original Post) kpete Aug 2019 OP

Its a hard concept to explain, Colbert did the best I've ever heard before. marble falls Aug 2019 #1

Why would I embrace a god that wants me to suffer? Buckeyeblue Aug 2019 #2

I have a lump in my throat too, listening to them speak about their mothers. FM123 Aug 2019 #3

marble falls

(57,134 posts)

1. Its a hard concept to explain, Colbert did the best I've ever heard before.

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Fri Aug 16, 2019, 08:49 AM

Aug 2019

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)

2. Why would I embrace a god that wants me to suffer?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 08:54 AM

Aug 2019

That sounds like the logic of an abusive partner--I beat the shit out of you so you can better appreciate those moments when I don't.

As I get older I have less and less tolerance for the god stuff. If there is a god (my tongue is in my check when I even allow that its existence is possible), he/she/it is about as effective as Epstein's two guards.

FM123

(10,054 posts)

3. I have a lump in my throat too, listening to them speak about their mothers.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:26 AM

Aug 2019

By coincidence, today is the anniversary of my own mother's passing many years ago and while listening to this video of them makes me teary, it also brings a smile to my face.

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