Re: I no longer care

Gordon's post, I no longer care, resonated as I'm also getting older and of the same age as him. I think the difference between 32-year-old me and 52-year-old me is that I still care about some things. It's just that I no longer feel the need to broadcast my opinion as loudly. Atheism is what comes to mind as I say that. Back in my 30s, I felt the need to be very out and loud and confrontational about it. I grew up in a small southern town in Tennessee. They're all very religious, so I felt I needed to be just as not-religious as they were religious. I was very much a militant atheist in the mold of Dawkins, Hitchens, etc. I had all their arguments memorized and could argue them as well as anyone. I devoured many of their books and talks online. In retrospect, I think I was pretty anti-religious. I didn't want to be around it. I didn't want to hear about it. I certainly didn't want to see the Ten Commandments in the public schools or the manger scene on the courthouse lawn. There was…