I loved this: I went in the opposite direction, determining as a child that religion was an attempt to reconcile oneself with a world which otherwise seems capricious and cruel.
I agree with the zealousness of children most of all: things were or they were not. Middle ground waited patiently for middle age.
Former child zealot here and friends of many an agnostic and/or atheist who also, at some point, considered attending seminary. Who knows what got into us?
I loved this: I went in the opposite direction, determining as a child that religion was an attempt to reconcile oneself with a world which otherwise seems capricious and cruel.
I agree with the zealousness of children most of all: things were or they were not. Middle ground waited patiently for middle age.
As a former child zealot, I whole-heartedly feel the same.
Former child zealot here and friends of many an agnostic and/or atheist who also, at some point, considered attending seminary. Who knows what got into us?
Brilliant!
I felt these words you wrote go whammie, heart full of thanks.