<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702350</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:15:19.544-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Search for the Man Behind the Curtain</title><subtitle type='html'>In 1969--at age 11--I questioned the religious teachings  of my parents.  At that point, I started on a journey to try to understand where we came from. 

10 years later, I joined a religion that I felt provided all the answers.  In 2005, I suddenly realized that I was wrong.  

This blog is dedidicated to my renewed Search for the Man Behind the Curtain...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://search4themanbehindthecurtain.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11702350/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://search4themanbehindthecurtain.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Student</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12319082359271465095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702350.post-111181791392903994</id><published>2005-05-20T09:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T09:45:01.280-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where I Am Today</title><summary type='text'>For 26 years, I have associated with and considered myself to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses.At the start of 2005, I suddenly started once again questioning my religious beliefs. Although I still attend worship services with this religion, I'm mainly doing this to keep from confusing my family. They're still devout, and they don't know that I've started having doubts.Here's my dilemna: Since I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://search4themanbehindthecurtain.blogspot.com/feeds/111181791392903994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11702350&amp;postID=111181791392903994' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11702350/posts/default/111181791392903994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11702350/posts/default/111181791392903994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://search4themanbehindthecurtain.blogspot.com/2005/05/where-i-am-today.html' title='Where I Am Today'/><author><name>The Student</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12319082359271465095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11702350.post-111521376303233640</id><published>2005-05-04T08:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-04T08:36:03.060-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Update</title><summary type='text'>It's been over a month since I've posted.  Since that time, I've resolved several issues in my mind:1) I no longer feel that my former religion (Jehovah's Witnesses) is right on HARDLY ANYTHING.2) God--as most Judeo/Christian/Moslems believe in--doesn't exist.3) There is, however, an intelligence behind all that we perceive in our universe.  It didn't get here by accident.As it stands, I'm still </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://search4themanbehindthecurtain.blogspot.com/feeds/111521376303233640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11702350&amp;postID=111521376303233640' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11702350/posts/default/111521376303233640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11702350/posts/default/111521376303233640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://search4themanbehindthecurtain.blogspot.com/2005/05/update.html' title='Update'/><author><name>The Student</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12319082359271465095</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry></feed>
