The same Wisconsin Magazine article quotes my father, Norman, discussing how he dealt with his son’s change of views: “I tried to straighten him out. It worked the other way around.” After Dad stopped believing in God, he was amazed at how quickly his Christian friends turned on him. “I used to think it was a tough thing to be a Christian in this big, bad world. You want to see something interesting, try not being one.” He reports, “I’m much happier now. To be free from superstition and fear and guilt and the sin complex, to be able to think freely and objectively, is a tremendous relief.”
