Sep 8 1963
Starting about sixth-grade I began a life-long project to figure it all out. The project went through many phases. I began with the question of god. Sometime when I was 16 the remember laying on my back in bed and realizing if the became an atheist I would never look back. For me it was […]
Jan 12 1961
In junior high I joined the Lodi boy scouts. The troop had little to do with merit badges and marching was all about camping and games. Meetings at the armory started with red-rover and dodge ball games. Then the next camping trip was planned. In the summer and over weekends we went up to Silver […]
Nov 22 1958
In early elementary school I planned to join the army and become a general. By sixth grade I though I would become an engineer. I was impressed with my uncle’s stories of doing human factor engineering during WWII. In 7th grade I outlined my life plans year by year. The only thing I remember is […]
Mar 29 1965
Atheism
When I was 16, lying on my back in bed, I realized that if I decided I was an atheist I would never go back. Atheism seemed natural and obvious to me. God a willed belief. I never went back, I never doubted this conclusion.
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