"god is only pretend"

George Anderson · 10-02-2006, 04:38 PM

This is a rather interesting discourse.

From where I sit, I can not think of any reason to tag a contribution to this forum with a line that blatantly throws in the faces of most contributors. Whoever this fellow is, I imagine that he may be at the same stage of life's travel as I was so many years ago.

I started out life as a very dedicated Episcopalian (devout is a word that would never be used to describe an Episcopalian). When I went away to college and became educated and knew everything there was to know about any subject I declared myself a proud atheist. In addition to atheism I also spent an inordinate amount of time chasing girls, hunting and drinking.

Consequent to my enlightened life-style I soon found myself a member of the Yankee army (1969). At this point in life I began to reevaluate my position vis-avis atheism and took the cowards way out by calling myself an agnostic, just to be safe.

After the army I became the father of two little tiny humans and thought my position through to where I felt that there probably was a God.

Now at 59 years I pray that there is a God. I guess I'm just not as smart as I was in college. Nowadays if I want to challenge someone I do it by questioning what's in their head not in their heart.

10-02-2006, 04:38 PM	#20
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	This is a rather interesting discourse. From where I sit, I can not think of any reason to tag a contribution to this forum with a line that blatantly throws in the faces of most contributors. Whoever this fellow is, I imagine that he may be at the same stage of life's travel as I was so many years ago. I started out life as a very dedicated Episcopalian (devout is a word that would never be used to describe an Episcopalian). When I went away to college and became educated and knew everything there was to know about any subject I declared myself a proud atheist. In addition to atheism I also spent an inordinate amount of time chasing girls, hunting and drinking. Consequent to my enlightened life-style I soon found myself a member of the Yankee army (1969). At this point in life I began to reevaluate my position vis-avis atheism and took the cowards way out by calling myself an agnostic, just to be safe. After the army I became the father of two little tiny humans and thought my position through to where I felt that there probably was a God. Now at 59 years I pray that there is a God. I guess I'm just not as smart as I was in college. Nowadays if I want to challenge someone I do it by questioning what's in their head not in their heart.