My courtship with religious doubt began in middle school, about half-way through the 6th grade. I was contently oblivious that the seeds of ideological discontent were being sown by the very entity designed to keep me drinking the Jesus-flavored Kool Kid: Sacred Heart Elementary School. But let’s skip the “merits organized religion” discussion . Frankly,… [Read more…]
January 22, 2012
Thus far, my life can be appropriately divided into two The Deathly Hallows-sized chapters. The first, lasting from the time I was forcibly cut from my mother’s womb to about age 16, and second from age 16 until this present moment. The first chapter of my life consisted of an irrational fear of … well,… [Read more…]
January 15, 2012
Like most negative emotions I’ve processed in my life, I’m all for getting them out of my system in one fell swoop. Why diddle-daddle for a week as fun-loving 7th grader about not getting straight A’s when one solid emotional breakdown can get it all out! That being said, I managed to purge all cultural… [Read more…]
March 27, 2012
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