Reply To: I never saw this coming.

Strega, good point. They were definitely not indoctrinated as children. I do suspect there is a small part of them that is enjoying watching me try to get my head around how this could’ve happened.

Pam, their reasoning for keeping an open mind about the existence of a god is because I raised them to be independent thinkers, they actually told me this. It is true, I raised them to be independent, and have an open mind, but I never in a million years imagined them being open to the idea of a god.

Steve, I have told my kids the stories of my awful experiences in that religious environment, and they have found first hand, that not all religious people are like that. Not that I ever meant they were, and not that I didn’t want them to find out that there were really good religious people… it’s just that I didn’t want them to get sucked into it. and wow, thirty years, so long, I’m glad he is out finally.