tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427660601686246063.post2668074015830542303..comments2023-05-14T07:01:43.831-06:00Comments on Brainucopia: What is God?May Voirreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02124732707708291801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427660601686246063.post-19030945476944642462007-10-27T08:08:00.000-06:002007-10-27T08:08:00.000-06:00My mother is still hyper-Catholic. I thougt she wa...My mother is still hyper-Catholic. I thougt she was going to keel over when I said I no longer believed in the possibility of an imaginary-friend style God and definitely not organized religion.<BR/><BR/>She sai, "You wanted to be a nun! You had a little holy water font in your room!"<BR/><BR/>"Mom," I said, I was <I><B>eight</B></I>." Kids at that age think they want to be like their teacher or their parents. Once I developed the higher-level cognitive skills, including critical thinking, that was that.May Voirreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124732707708291801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427660601686246063.post-84413591020573183022007-10-27T02:53:00.000-06:002007-10-27T02:53:00.000-06:00I like your beliefs, May. They are quite similar t...I like your beliefs, May. They are quite similar to my own. The whole catholic bit didn't stick with me, either, thank God! heehee. Who says atheists and agnostics have no humor?!<BR/><BR/>My grandmother is a retired catholic school teacher and my mother is a zealot. After putting up with that (especially the zealotry), it's amazing I can even joke about it.Spilling Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13970126156464922867noreply@blogger.com