Category: Bill Fairchild

I became a member of the Worldwide Church of God in late 1966.  Two or three years later I read a book titled Why We Believe in Creation, Not in Evolution by Fred John Meldau.  In those days, we church members were encouraged to read books like this because they strengthened our faith; i.e., they reinforced what we already believed.  When I left this church-cult in 1996, I stopped reading things to reinforce what I already believed.  I now read virtually everything with an open mind, trying to learn new things rather than just more of the same.