Looking Back, I Wince At

At The Time I Perceived Most Religious Men, Particularly The Pastors With All Their Talk About Love, Faith And Relationship, As Effeminate.

I Have Decided To Follow In My Sinful Ways, And Have Largely Abandoned The Increasingly Religious Life I Was Leading Over The Previous Months, Including Several Hours Of Talmudic Study A Day.

I Learned From My Adventist Upbringing That The Biggest Sins Were Sexual.

Judaism Is Much More Communal, And Partly As A Consequence Of My Religious Switch, I Am Increasingly More Suspicous Of My Previous View That What People Do In The Privacy Of Their Own Home Is Their Business Alone.

Acting In Anger And Hatred Throughout My Life, I Frequently Precipitated What I Feared Most, The Loss Of Friendships And The Need To Rely Upon The Very People I'd Abused.