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(Quote from EricR) Were you perhaps thinking of this: 'Vain is the word of a philosopher by which no human suffering is cured. For just as medicine is of no use if it fails to banish the diseases of the body, so philosophy is of no use if it fails to banish the sufferings of the mind' (Usener fr. 222) I was admittedly somewhat surprised to discover that I was in fact changed by studying Epicurus as a way of living rather than an academic exercise. Sometimes it was just that I finally discovered …

(Quote from Pacatus) Yeah, in my experience it never goes away....it just gets muffled.

I was raised Southern Baptist, deep in the belly of the whale, so I know (almost) exactly what you're talking about, Eoghan. It's like being raised bilingual--the second language is always in your head, even if you never speak it. The only truly regrettable result of breaking away from religion for me has been that it alienates me somewhat from my family and almost everyone I grew up with.

(Quote from Joshua) I also had a strange Sunday book ritual! I could never skip service, but I had a fellow student from my big public high school whose parents owned the only remaining independent bookstore in town. So they told me I could have the employee discount, and I went there every Sunday afternoon to pick out what I would read that week, usually two novels, with the occasional poetry or philosophy thrown in for good measure. I eventually worked there for a few summers in college. Also,…