Diane Rehm show

So I listened to the reader’s review “Home” by Marilynne Robinson.  It was just a discussion of this book and how it involved predestination.  The character was struggling inward with some mistakes he made in his life and how maybe his whole life was predestined.  Some of the other characters apparently didn’t believe change was possible…not really sure how anyone can believe that.  Anyway what was more interesting to me was when they were discussing more than just the book.  They talked about how our country is considered a Christian country.  Something interesting they mentioned was what it would be like if an atheist ran for president and how that is politically unacceptable.  I really liked how they talked about how there is strong discrimination against people who don’t believe in a God, but how that really is not okay to judge a person on their beliefs.  For example one man said he would rather work with an atheist that he knows who is a honest caring person trying to do good in the world than with his fellow Christians who “had” a religion but weren’t actively trying to bring anything good to the world.  It really made me think about how I judge others.  It’s just important to remember that everyone is human and everyone has the agency to believe what they want and just because someone believes something different from our self doesn’t make them a bad person.  Who knows maybe their heart has better intent then ours…