Today was a little slow in the beginning but the conversation gradually progressed into something more insightful. Particularly interesting to me was the discussion about religion. Personally, though I consider myself somewhat ignorant for thinking so, I automatically think lesser of someone when they say they are religious. I guess it is because I believe that insightful, rational people would't believe in something that is so obviously contrived for the pure (and I find obvious) reason of eliminating fear and instilling hope. To be religious is to convince oneself that there is something higher and better, solely as a source of comfort, despite the fact that there is no evidence for it, and all evidence against it. I also liked where we ended the conversation. As I read the book, I found myself criticizing him for what seemed like his "strange thoughts"; however, early on, I subconsciously juxtaposed this book and The Stranger and realized that, yet again, I am really not that much different than him.
This book kind of has the same appeal as all those Facebook pages had that we liked when we were in, like, 7th grade- we liked them because they appealed to aspects of our life in which we thought we were alone. Turns out, our strangest ideas aren't as unique as we think.
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