I once heard, from a friend, that there are
no apostates as virulently cynical as those of us who were raised in the
Church. This friend was talking specifically about Catholics but I have seen
similar attributes from those who were born into other denominations. Nothing
about spirituality could have attracted some of us towards faith, or
quasi-spirituality, without us trying everything else. When I did dabble in the
arena of faith, I did so as a skeptic and my critical thinking could have been a
stumbling block. But then, addiction to booze and drugs caused my cynicism to become a
sound foundation for a faith that works. However; my weakness here brought me to
a place where a leap of faith transcended reason and landed me on the firm
ground on the flip side of reason; free from the grip of alcoholism. Blind
faith works best at this point of departure. The rest of my spirituality is
based on the light of reason and demands that I sit down and breathe.
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