Stanford gets a chaplain for atheists

[rug]

Nanette Asimov
Updated 11:26 am, Saturday, December 22, 2012

Chaplain John Figdor has a divinity degree from Harvard. He counsels those in need and visits the sick. And he works with Stanford students under the Office of Religious Life.

So Figdor is the last guy you'd tag with the "A" word.

But, yes. The chaplain is an atheist.

"People are shocked when I tell them," Figdor said. "But atheist, agnostic and humanist students suffer the same problems as religious students - deaths or illnesses in the family, questions about the meaning of life, etc. - and would like a sympathetic nontheist to talk to."

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Stanford-gets-a-chaplain-for-atheists-4139991.php

[Gregorian]

1. The Stanford memorial church is a rare place. It's one of the only churches I've frequented.

Like anything, there's quality, and there's the rest.

Good for them. They're bigger than fear and politics.