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Aidan Kelly: Including Paganism

2012-06-12T12:53:11-07:00

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The End of My Catholic Boyhood

Last updated on: June 12, 2012 at 12:53 pm   By Aidan Kelly

In order for you, dear reader, to see why I think about religion as I do, you need to know what happened to me at age 14. One Saturday evening in the summer of 1955, I was sitting at my desk in an alcove of the basement suite of rooms my father had built for my brother Bill and me in our house way at the tail end of Tamalpais Valley, the southern branch of Mill Valley (California). I had... Read more

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2012-06-11T16:11:19-07:00

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“Human Life Is Sacred”: My Foray Into Blogging

Last updated on: June 11, 2012 at 4:11 pm   By Aidan Kelly

I’m rather excited. Friendship with Star recently ambushed us both—so I have begun writing on here. Star tells me they’ll have me launched today. I like the idea that many people, not just my friends, will be able to read what I write. However, that idea feels like a big responsibility as well, because I will be writing a lot about religion. Religion is a universally important topic, about which the vast majority of people have unfortunately always been taught... Read more

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