I'm Going to Fundraise to Go
Responding to the announcement of
Revolution and Religion: A Dialogue Between Cornel West and Bob Avakian
October 20, 2014 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
I want to be there. And yes, I'm going to fundraise to go, and there's no way I wouldn't go. Because I'm always open, and I always love hearing Bob Avakian talk; and since he's talking about religion, and especially that he's getting into it with someone who is religious, that's like something that sparks my curiosity to know what they're going to talk about. Especially because BA has said a number of times that we unite with people that are religious, if they have the same hatred for everything that's happening in the world, then we should unite with them.
But then, at the same time, it's harmful to have that religion in many ways. So I would love to hear what Cornel West thinks about that, and I would love to hear what BA has to say about that; because that's a question that comes up a lot. A lot of people don't get into the revolution because they know that we're communists, and they know that we're atheists. And so that is one thing that they hate about us, and some things that they love about us [laughs]. That's a question that's raised a lot: Can we unite even those who believe that there is a god and I don't?
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