Kick ass and take names, eh Being Me Presently, I'm reading a book by John Ortberg entitled Faith & Doubt and in it he quotes Frederick Buechner, "Thus many an atheist is a believer without knowing it,just as many a believer is an atheist without knowing it. You can sincerely believe there is no God and live as though there is. You can sincerely believe there is a God and live as though there isn't. So it goes." Ortberg also cites the Apostles Creed wondering what it would look like if we actually recited it in the way we live it: I believe that a lie is a bad thing, but it might be necessary for me to avoid pain. ("A lie is an abomination unto the Lord and a very present help in time of trouble." I believe that it pays to be nicest to people who are wealthy, attractive, smart, athletic, successful, or important. I believe that I have the right to pass judgment on others. I believe that I have the right to gossip about people. I believe that I had better be looking out for number one. I believe that things have not gone as well for me as they should, so I deserve a little treat: another doughnut, another drink, another pill, another fantasy... I believe that thirty thousand children dying of preventable diseases every day in our world are not worth risking my affluence for. He writes "All of these convictions lie deep within me, and you can see that I believe them if you look at the way I live"
