December 27, 2007 at 12:31 am · Filed under Atheism, Bangalore, Christianity, Friends
I received an email from Dad from Bahrain on christmas eve for the first time in a very long time and at first, I thought it was a christmas wish –until I clicked it open. I knew my dad wouldn’t dare wish me for christmas and I was right. My Atheism is what made us not see eye to eye; so if he values god more than family relationships, then be it. Instead, it contained this….
From: Dad
Subject: Fw: Scan Data from FX-262344
Dear Mr Ruben,
Today there is a card for you from US. Scan copy attached. The cover is
Red in colour.
Short and to the point (whats there to talk between us anyway). Someone sent a card to my Bahrain address and dad scanned it and mailed it over. Its not like him to do this, but whatever. I downloaded the attached scan data and opened it. To my surprise, it was this… Read the rest of this entry »
December 23, 2007 at 5:19 pm · Filed under Atheism, Bahrain, Christianity, Family, Old Blogs - Yahoo! 360, Religion, Sequels
Lets go back in time to December of 2002, and we will return to the Part 3 of my original blog entry for December 25, 2006.
The story of a Catholic Teenager turned Atheist - finale
Silence, Reverence, & Peace…
The hallmarks of a Church. I just wish that the new age understood this before they had decided to take their previously unexpressed teenage angst and inflict it upon the Church and Christianity. I lived and still live amongst Christians. I understand Christianity much better than most of the true believers out there. After spending 12 years in bible classes, many years of church every single day (when I lived in Bahrain) & rest of the years, I visited church only on Sundays (after coming back to India). My knowledge about what I am and what I wanted to become was at a turning point. I had my path chosen already. The path of god. No, I wasn’t going to be a priest. I wanted to be out there helping people. The poor, those who are hungry, those who lack spirit. To give them strength, hopes for a better tomorrow. But my faith was to be put to an ultimate test. Read the rest of this entry »
