Looking Back, I Wince At The Careless

I Did Not Want To Reject Religion As Nonsense Because Life Seemed To Have No Ultimate Purpose Without It, And Most Of The Good People I Knew Were Christians.

At The Time I Perceived Most Religious Men, Particularly The Pastors With All Their Talk About Love, Faith And Relationship, As Effeminate.

I Believed That English-speaking People Had A Divine Mission To Civilize The World By Making It Western, Democratic And Christian.

I Decided To Take God And Organized Religion Seriously, And To Reject The Secular Life Which In My Teens Had Looked Attractive Because It Allowed Me To Act In Any Way That I Wanted.

Everything We Do Affects Other People.