“What do those marks represent?” I ask the man, gesturing to tattoos marking his face.
“The stages of life. Birth, childhood, adulthood, an elder, and rebirth.”
“Rebirth?” I ask.
“Atheist doesn’t mean lack of faith, but rather that we believe in something else.”
“What else is there to believe in? Besides God?”
“What’s right. What’s worth fighting for.”
EMMA IRVINE
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January 5, 0100
The Parish