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Adsos Letter

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17. It would be difficult to choose one.

Wed May 29, 2013, 09:09 PM

May 2013

Different people have influenced me at different times in my life. I've tried to listen to many perspectives.

I've been very blessed to have people in my life who could accept questioning without condemnation, and who modeled Jesus in their lives.

My wife is very high on the list; so is a doctor friend of mine, and a counselor I went to for several years when I was struggling with very deep depression.

A couple of pastors shared needed insights, at times. Not all of the pastors I've known, but a couple of them were influential in my life at various times.

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Who influenced you the most when it comes to your views on religion? [View all] hrmjustin May 2013 OP

Myself. gcomeau May 2013 #1

Life in general. Nt newfie11 May 2013 #2

Allan Watts safeinOhio May 2013 #3

REASON and LOGIC aristocles May 2013 #4

Oddly enough... Wait Wut May 2013 #5

If you get a great priest it really makes the difference. hrmjustin May 2013 #8

She definitely likes okasha May 2013 #23

Dorothy Day. rug May 2013 #6

Myself, and various christians who kept pushing religion at me. Daemonaquila May 2013 #7

My family, who basically said that many people believed differently cbayer May 2013 #9

Who influenced you the most when it comes to your views on religion? Flashmann May 2013 #10

A priest and a lawyer. Graybeard May 2013 #11

Martin Buber Bad Thoughts May 2013 #12

Richard Dawkins, Paul Kurtz edhopper May 2013 #13

Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov & Bertrand Russell pokerfan May 2013 #14

Mr. Rogers--retroactively Tien1985 May 2013 #15

Christians in general as the Southern Baptist Convention in particular. nt rrneck May 2013 #16

It would be difficult to choose one. Adsos Letter May 2013 #17

My History Teachers. Promethean May 2013 #18

I was born an atheist... MellowDem May 2013 #19

Bertrand Russell Goblinmonger May 2013 #20

Reading Watership Down. It shattered me (a GenXer). The bunnies, the bunnies! anneboleyn May 2013 #21

Mainly myself LostOne4Ever May 2013 #22

My lack of faith as a kid and Aleister Crowley. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #24