Were you a nerd? I know I was. From high school on, and for years afterwards, I was odd, bookish, ill-at-ease and clumsy. And I had this sometimes-embarrassingly-loud laugh — meant to be a quiet, easy chuckle, it sometimes seemed to get away from me, ballooning shrilly outward to fill an entire room, turning heads and provoking "looks." Ouch. I still wince to think of it. Interestingly enough, I was not a nerd in elementary school or junior high. And I think I’ve figured out something … [Read more...]
Granny’s Hands & Travelin’ Dog — Part 3
October 5, 2011 By 8 Comments
Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 Devout Christians will probably always assume that atheists are simply denying publicly what they know deep within to be true: that God exists and watches over us all in a sort-of benign Big Brother bit. They will assume that atheists really do believe, but avoid admitting it for their own selfish, sick, sinful reasons. They will always believe that it is impossible to not-believe, that our god-created human minds are not capable of it. For me, at least, they will … [Read more...]
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