Our Wayfaring Correspondent the Bohemian Baptist files this most unusual report:

At a community college graduation ceremony I attended in May, I was taken aback by a piece of advice that the commencement speaker gave to the graduates near the end of his speech. He declared with all sincerity, “When you lay in bed at night, don’t forget to thank God, or your Higher Power, or your non-belief system for all the blessings in your life.”

Yes, boys and girls, welcome to the new age of enlightenment where even atheists must not be excluded from bedtime prayer.

In fairness it should be noted that this particular commencement speaker is a director for a non-profit human rights organization that promotes inclusion and diversity, and thus he has developed an expanded consciousness that makes him much more sensitive to all points of view. That’s why he can make a profoundly stupid statement like, “Thank your non-belief system for your life’s blessings,” and make it sound so culturally relevant and globally responsible. Isn’t that nice of him?

For more on this we refer you to our friend Chris Carmichael’s excellent Site The Sacred Sandwich.