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Oh, and I believe that George Carlin was by far a member of the lofty group that includeds the most effective fundamentalist atheists in the history of our culture! In these fundamentalist times is it any surprise at all the he's receiving the Mark Twain award? I weep at the magnitude of that honor, and to think that though he knew he got the honor he'll get it posthumously is a brutal thought indeed
As a teenager growing up in a conservative town (Spokane) with a family that was an active member in our Foursquare church, hearing Carlin in the 80's ranks only behind seeing Kingsley's Ghandi and reading Slaughterhouse Five as the most important catalysts for me abandoning my parents' Christianity.
He's a fucking prophet, man. I will not deny that, my friend. Nor will I deny that his body is rotting in the earth. So it goes.
