On the Other Hand

[arisbe]

"Many Americans make Thanksgiving into a religious festival. They agree with Lincoln, who, upon declaring Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, said that "we have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven." They ascribe our material abundance to God's efforts, not man's.
" That view is a slap in the face of any person who has worked an honest day in his life."

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[arisbe.livejournal.com]

To take satisfaction in the fruits of our labor is to give implicit thanks to the power that gives strength to our arms, though we might be grossly ignorant of the wider implications.