Brief Introduction -- Robert Whaples
As the newest member of this blog, it's time for an introduction.
I'm an economic historian at Wake Forest University. In college I became an atheist and remained so from about fifteen years until a lot of prayers (by my family and others) and my own leap of faith brought me back to God and into the Roman Catholic Church.
Because the obvious agnosticism and atheism of my own college professor helped put me on the wrong track, I make a point of letting my students know that there are intelligent people who believe in God. One way I do this is by opening and closing each semester with a prayer. (If you know of others who do this in secular institutions, please let me know that I'm not alone.)
Like Andy, I see the existence of salsa as proof of God's love. It's not only that He put the ingredients here, but He also gave us the intelligence and the initiative to refine wild plants, cultivate them, and deliver them to the shelves of nearby stores.
I'm an economic historian at Wake Forest University. In college I became an atheist and remained so from about fifteen years until a lot of prayers (by my family and others) and my own leap of faith brought me back to God and into the Roman Catholic Church.
Because the obvious agnosticism and atheism of my own college professor helped put me on the wrong track, I make a point of letting my students know that there are intelligent people who believe in God. One way I do this is by opening and closing each semester with a prayer. (If you know of others who do this in secular institutions, please let me know that I'm not alone.)
Like Andy, I see the existence of salsa as proof of God's love. It's not only that He put the ingredients here, but He also gave us the intelligence and the initiative to refine wild plants, cultivate them, and deliver them to the shelves of nearby stores.
Posted by Robert Whaples on
Thursday September 1, 2005 at 10:40am
Anyone who sees more than ingredients in his salsa is okay by me. A sacramental/mystical approach to chiptle strikes me as very Orthodox. I'd like your take on tequila sometime.
Also, I would be curious to hear from Rowz why he feels conversion requires evidence and reasons. For myself, I fell in love with the God Who first loved me. My head didn't catch up for a long time...