Ricky Gervais wrote a holiday piece for the Wall Street Journal, and while I don’t particularly share his atheist views, they nevertheless are thought-provoking, and well-reasoned (and quite hilarious). I especially like his closing arguments:
“Do unto others…” is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what it is -‐ a virtue. Not just a Christian virtue. No one owns being good. I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it in heaven. My reward is here and now. It’s knowing that I try to do the right thing. That I lived a good life.”
