While I do not follow any institutionalized religion, I was raised in the Episcopal Church. Having studied various religious traditions over the years, both deist and non-deist, it seems to me that humans everywhere are looking for Love—capital L.
I was moved by what novelist Ian McEwan, whom I consider to be a devout atheist, had to say about Love. In September of two thousand and two, the series Frontline (Public Broadcasting Service) released “Faith And Doubt At Ground Zero.” In the full transcript of McEwan’s interview for the program, he talked about how someone’s last words were once known only if that someone were among “the grand and the great.” Technology has changed this inequity.
Paraphrasing McEwan: Because of technology and because of the events of September 11, 2001, we kno
