Ever since I became an atheist, I’ve struggled with the dichotomy between wanting to put Christianity completely behind me and wanting to honor its role in shaping me. At first I thought the demarcation would be easy; I even thought that I could somehow retain partial membership in the cultural accoutrements of evangelicalism. So for [...]
Archive for October, 2008
reading the bible
Posted in Christianity, atheism, bible, religion on October 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
down memory lane
Posted in Christianity, atheism on October 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My mind is open to the most wonderful range of future possibilities, which I cannot even dream about, nor can you, nor can anybody else… I don’t see the Olympian gods or Jesus coming down and dying on the Cross as worthy of that grandeur. They strike me as parochial. If there is a God, [...]