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All right, back from crossword time & diving into work. :)
Today's new word was "pordioseros". Limosnas what we usually call aid given to beggars, but "por Dios" - for God('s sake) - is another way of saying "please help". The help given is thus also known to some as a "pordiosero".
I often have street folk bless me (dios le pague - may god repay you), & I think many fellow atheists don't realize how important the act is for many struggling: their only way to "reciprocate" in an unjust world.
@MLClark I don’t dismiss anyone’s faith. I just don’t want them to force their version of faith on me.
*Granted, when a lot of folks in the US have religious people say they'll pray for them, it's definitely often weaponized.
But how can one even think of dismissing the faith of someone who has nothing else in life to turn to for comfort or hope? Instead of atheists (occasionally) mocking spiritual folk, we'd do well to roll up our darned sleeves and build a world where folks have more to rely on from day to day.
We're a long way off, but we're working at it, across the cosmological spectrum. 💛