I work with an outlaw-biker-turned-Bible-thumping-physical-therapy-assistant named Paul. *  He is, I believe, someone who needs Jesus.  The world is better for Paul having turned his life over to Him.  Paul is also opinionated, domineering, and just bright enough to be a nuisance in general.  

He and I have come to a peaceful detente regarding religion.  He is an evangelical Young Earth Creationist, while I am an unapologetic atheist .  After many discussions that went absolutely…

I just got off the phone, having talked with my mother at length about, mostly, Christianity.  I don't know how we got on the topic but it was a great conversation. It was nice to talk about something on an intellectual level, for a change, instead of whatever has gone wrong with whomever in the family.  I cannot believe what she just told me.  She asked me if she ever told me when she knew Christianity was over for her.  She hadn't, and I was afraid of what I was going to hear.  

My…