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jfengeltoday at 11:37 AM3 repliesview on HN

I grew up Jewish. I have lost my faith, but that quote is still fundamental to how I see my place in the world.


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michaelchisaritoday at 7:01 PM

I'm not Muslim (an agnostic Catholic if anything) but I love the Hadith

| If the final hour comes while one of you has a seed in his hand, if he can plant it before it takes place, let him do so.

I take it to mean it is never too late to do something good, even (or especially) something you will never benefit from.

kuerbeltoday at 12:10 PM

I'm an atheist but I really like:

>Therefore man was created single in the world to teach that for anybody who destroys a single life it is counted as if he destroyed an entire world, and for anybody who preserves a single life it is counted as if he preserved an entire world.

(Directly from the Mishna in the Talmud Yerushalmi)

jimbokuntoday at 8:01 PM

So maybe you didn’t lose your faith as thoroughly as you suppose.