So I started writing a book and man if I'm already bored of it, what does that say about any one else wanting to read it?
I feel like I don't really need to write a book, but just a bunch of blog posts. For me, it's so freaking hard to write a book peice meal. Just when I get into the groove, I get interrupted.
If I'm going to ever write a book, I need to go to a deserted island where I can have 30 days of uninterrupted, totally focused writing time. It takes too much time for me to get into the flow to only write for 30 minutes per day. By the time I warm up, it's time to wrap up. That's not optimal for quality writing.
But on a fun note, I started reading a most excellent book by Richard Dawkins called The Magic of Reality. Rather than allow religion and myth to promulgate untruths, Dawkins presents scientific truths to answer some of the most pressing human questions--questions concerning creation, evolution, life and death, and more. It's freaking fascinating to finally have some explanations that make sense.
My whole life I had questions that my religion simply couldn't answer. I was told that "God's ways are not our ways," and that "our finite minds cannot comprehend the infinite mind of God." I'm sorry, but I don't believe that. If there is a God, and he or she is my father or mother, then I believe they would have created me with a mind capable of understanding them and their creations.
Additionally, my religion claimed to have all the answers, and yet when I had questions, I was told to just have faith, or put my questions on a shelf. In due time, answers and understanding would come. Well, I'm here to tell you that my shelf got full fast and finally broke. There aren't any answers to my questions because it's all a bunch of myth with men making it up as they go--and having the audacity to claim that their information comes as direct revelation from God. Bullshit Lies!
So thank you Dawkins for expanding my mind! I still have questions, but you have done more to answer some of my burning questions in 80 pages than my old faith culture did in over 38 years! I'm excited to finish your book and I'm even more excited to continue learning.
Since losing my religion, I have gained so much knowledge and understanding. I am trying not to lament lost time and instead be grateful for the voracious appetite my fast from the past produced. The blinders are now gone and had I not spent the first 38 years of my life being spoon fed beliefs, I would not now find it so refreshing and rewarding to be feasting and feeding myself every topic--eyes wide open!
I feel like I don't really need to write a book, but just a bunch of blog posts. For me, it's so freaking hard to write a book peice meal. Just when I get into the groove, I get interrupted.
If I'm going to ever write a book, I need to go to a deserted island where I can have 30 days of uninterrupted, totally focused writing time. It takes too much time for me to get into the flow to only write for 30 minutes per day. By the time I warm up, it's time to wrap up. That's not optimal for quality writing.
But on a fun note, I started reading a most excellent book by Richard Dawkins called The Magic of Reality. Rather than allow religion and myth to promulgate untruths, Dawkins presents scientific truths to answer some of the most pressing human questions--questions concerning creation, evolution, life and death, and more. It's freaking fascinating to finally have some explanations that make sense.
My whole life I had questions that my religion simply couldn't answer. I was told that "God's ways are not our ways," and that "our finite minds cannot comprehend the infinite mind of God." I'm sorry, but I don't believe that. If there is a God, and he or she is my father or mother, then I believe they would have created me with a mind capable of understanding them and their creations.
Additionally, my religion claimed to have all the answers, and yet when I had questions, I was told to just have faith, or put my questions on a shelf. In due time, answers and understanding would come. Well, I'm here to tell you that my shelf got full fast and finally broke. There aren't any answers to my questions because it's all a bunch of myth with men making it up as they go--and having the audacity to claim that their information comes as direct revelation from God. Bullshit Lies!
So thank you Dawkins for expanding my mind! I still have questions, but you have done more to answer some of my burning questions in 80 pages than my old faith culture did in over 38 years! I'm excited to finish your book and I'm even more excited to continue learning.
Since losing my religion, I have gained so much knowledge and understanding. I am trying not to lament lost time and instead be grateful for the voracious appetite my fast from the past produced. The blinders are now gone and had I not spent the first 38 years of my life being spoon fed beliefs, I would not now find it so refreshing and rewarding to be feasting and feeding myself every topic--eyes wide open!
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