I'm so surprised that a few words from somebody could totally de-motivate you and basically destroy your day. It was a frustrating day. I couldn't get myself to listen in class so I ended up going out of the room to get some fresh air. Those few ugly words tended to linger on my thoughts for the rest of the day ( Read more... )

"Interestingly, one of the largest barriers to my atheism was that I had an atheist friend. In my mind, the ultimate purpose of our friendship was for me to somehow learn how to answer his objections to faith and bring him back into the fold. I never would have admitted it then, but a big chunk of my time and effort into that friendship was spent ( Read more... )