Today I feel like a successful parent. I feel like - whatever else might go wrong, whatever else I’ve already screwed up getting here – today I feel like I’ve done something right, because my 15 year old daughter is reading the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books by Douglas Adams. This seriously pleases me.
Now, I have been told that maybe these books aren’t appropriate for a 15 year
old, for a Christian, for a pastor’s child to read. They were written by an atheist, express a
mockery of religion and generally promote an existentialist philosophy. But none of that bothers me.
All of that may be true but 1) I read them when I was 14 – 15 and I’ve turned out okay.[i] 2) I’m glad she’s reading intelligent books filled with complex ideas rather than Twilight and other similar YA drivel. 3) I think that a healthy dose of existentialist doubt would be a good thing for the church.
But maybe that’s just calculated existential angst…
All of that may be true but 1) I read them when I was 14 – 15 and I’ve turned out okay.[i] 2) I’m glad she’s reading intelligent books filled with complex ideas rather than Twilight and other similar YA drivel. 3) I think that a healthy dose of existentialist doubt would be a good thing for the church.
But maybe that’s just calculated existential angst…
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