and some people, dance

with Charles M. Blow’s opinion on why we are Defecting to our Faith.

“As the nonreligious movement picks up steam, it needs to do a better job of appealing to the ethereal part of our human exceptionalism — that wondrous, precious part where logic and reason hold little purchase, where love and compassion reign. It’s the part that fears loneliness, craves companionship and needs affirmation and fellowship.

We are more than cells, synapses and sex drives. We are amazing, mysterious creatures forever in search of something greater than ourselves.”