Comments on: Leaving the Garden: Zach’s Journey.

By: Einstein: Religions are “childish superstition” | Mind on Fire

Einstein: Religions are “childish superstition” | Mind on Fire — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:33:26 +0000

[...] that time again – guest post from Zach [...]

By: Still ain’t easy being queer at Gordon College | Mind on Fire

Still ain’t easy being queer at Gordon College | Mind on Fire — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:01:59 +0000

[...] ya’ll – another guest post from Zach. PS, hope you don’t mind my saying [...]

By: Greg Graffin of Bad Religion – at church | Mind on Fire

Greg Graffin of Bad Religion – at church | Mind on Fire — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:01:46 +0000

[...] this is Zach Alexander — you may have read my Leaving the Garden post, and this is the first of a few articles I’m posting as a guest contributor while John [...]

By: Elise

Elise — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:20:11 +0000

“You might say my religious upbringing contained the seeds of its own deconstruction”

I encountered the same experience with my religious upbriging and have met others who feel the same way – I always find it ironic and amusing that really believing something is what can help you figure out you shouldn’t really believe it!

I followed John’s links to your co-op page and found it fascinating – I’d never hear of anything like that before. John and Jana, I can picture you guys doing that as soon as the little ones have moved off to college and are exploring the world!

By: Zach Alexander

Zach Alexander — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:56:07 +0000

Hi John, Jana, catbonny and xJane, thanks so much for the warm welcome

By: xJane

xJane — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:11:14 +0000

it’s just that I don’t believe in some in-the-sky supernatural being that exists outside the spirit of humans

hear, hear, catbonny

By: catbonny

catbonny — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:33:46 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing this. I relate a lot to the fact that Christ has no hands bu tout own and while I am not really sure where I stand on God most of the time, I do know that I feel like God has to be a sense of action and spirit within and among people and their relationships with each other. It’s a hard thing for me to explain to others because I don’t like saying that I don’t believe in God, because I don’t think that’s true, it’s just that I don’t believe in some in-the-sky supernatural being that exists outside the spirit of humans.

You’re story is really a fascnating one. Thanks againfor sharing.

By: Jana

Jana — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:02:13 +0000

Zach:
It was so fun to meet you while we were in Boston and hear your life story! I’m excited to know that you will be expanding on it and also posting on other topics on MoF during your guest stint. What a treat for me and for the rest of the community here!

I’m still so intrigued by your father’s religious fervor and how you’ve inherited some of his religious idealism. Fascinating.

By: Zach Alexander » Leaving the garden

Zach Alexander » Leaving the garden — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:47:41 +0000

[...] solely in terms of intellectual arguments can be tiresome. My post just went up this evening here. The opening: The first garden I remember was by our country house in Ohio, near Steubenville, a [...]