Posted in Wheaton College on November 29, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Things that I thought would be fun but actually end up killing my soul a little bit:
reading the Christian news magazine WORLD
pretending to talk and write like a Christian
Now is the time when all of my final papers and projects are due, all of which must be from a Christian perspective. Before I started [...]
Posted in Christianity, Uncategorized on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I read things on Christianity Today quite frequently (old habits). This is the best thing I’ve read in awhile. The author is writing about his daughter, who had leukemia and lived because of blood transfusions:
I asked, Why, God? Why is this happening to her? She loves You so much. Where are You?
Then I [...]
Posted in Wheaton College on November 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I had a normal conversation yesterday.
This is a big deal. I can say with 95% certainty that I have never before had a normal conversation at Wheaton. Normal is something I usually only experience when I leave Wheaton during breaks or visit friends who don’t go to Wheaton. I can’t really define [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I just finished reading Carl Sagan’s The Varieties of Scientific Experience. A great book, it really wonderfully and subtly explains the religious impulse and gives some insight into origins of organized religion, while firming up atheism for me. I haven’t been able to find any Christian responses to the book, but I’m really [...]
Posted in Christianity, Wheaton College, atheism, tagged frustration on November 13, 2007 | 24 Comments »
I’m writing our of anger and frustration lately, so I won’t be as nice or eloquent as usual. Throw me a frickin bone.
I have a fair number of unflattering opinions regarding Christians in general and some Christians in particular. However, I don’t say it to their faces. I won’t even say it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2007 | 12 Comments »
I was hoping that this blog could be a place where I could be honest, but that no longer seems possible. Maybe the internet is just not the right place for honesty. For an atheist at Wheaton, there is apparently no place for honesty. I guess I should have known that from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I came out as an atheist to one of my professors today. This professor has been a spiritual mentor and role model for me during my entire time at Wheaton, so it was important for me to come out to her. It ended up being a good conversation, but boy was it awkward [...]
