It's been interesting to me to have so many people from different walks of life confide in me that they have had questions about their religious upbringing and doubts about whether or not they followed because it is what they were raised to do or because they genuinely believed of their own accord after careful consideration. I try to be careful
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Yes - that 'easy way out' thing. It invariably gets used way too often as a tool for legitimizing really bad things.
Thanks for this, Ferrell. We miss you by the way, let us know when you want to get together and do something - or just get together and do nothing. I still owe you dinner!!
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Lately I've been reading 'The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible' by Robin Lane Fox and also good ole Richard Dawkins 'The Selfish Gene' .. both very interesting, but both a bit text-book-y so I usually only read a chapter at a time. Must finish them.
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Dawkins does require a bit of patience to get through - some academia is easy to get overstimulated by if you don't pace yourself!
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That really sucks that she refused to expand her worldview. I've been made to feel that I'm wrong or stupid for my beliefs by atheists before, so I would've been nervous too, but if it's simply presented as an alternate option, it's interesting to read.
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