The reason they force their beliefs on people is because they're afraid they'll turn out like me. My parents are Christians, took me to church, but never every mentioned God or had one religious conversation with me. Most of my life I thought my parents only took me to church because they thought it was the right thing to do, but it turns out they actually believed. Consequently, with no one shoving it down my throat I had decided Christianity was not for me by the time I was 12.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
