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Taverner

(55,476 posts) Sat Sep 21, 2013, 01:42 PM Sep 2013

Your favorite "thinker" from a religion/non-religion different than yours

Me? Tolstoy. The man inspired MLK Jr, Gandhi, preached an Anarcho-Pacifist philosophy, is up there with Dickens and Hugo when it comes to writing about the possessed, and through his writing, taught us a great deal about ourselves

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St. Francis. pitbullgirl1965 Sep 2013 #1

pitbullgirl1965

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1. St. Francis.

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Sun Sep 29, 2013, 06:22 PM

Sep 2013

Hey he loved animals! We have a dog walk for charity, and a priest says a prayer invoking St. Francis. One of the few times I don't mind public prayers. Plus the cool blessing of the animals in NYC is based on st francis iirc?

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