Francis had always been ecumenical in his atheism. He was as prepared to disbelieve in this Tolca character… — James Morrow
Francis had always been ecumenical in his atheism. He was as prepared to disbelieve in this Tolca character as he was to disbelieve in Yahweh, Jesus, Buddha, Vishnu, or any of the other words for what his father used to call “forcing yourself to misperceive the obvious.”
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