You could say that I grew up in a godless household.
My parents followed no particular religious system or ever forced us to attend any kind of worship service.
In general, I’m glad that I was not pushed into the box created by religion. However, from time to time I wish that I had more scripture ammo on my side when people started getting strangely judgmental with me. Living in the South, I often encounter people with rather radical Christian beliefs. Unfortunately, this can happen anywhere, from the grocery store to the comfort of my own house. I found this out the hard way last week when even my central heating, cooling, and ventilation control technician had something to say about my life of sin. Namely, that my lack of Christian values was the cause of my central heating, cooling, and ventilation equipment breakdown. If you’re unsure how Christianity is linked to heating and cooling equipment, that makes two of us. The problem all started when my air conditioning unit wasn’t responding properly to my thermostat setting changes. Every time I adjusted the indoor air temperature lower my AC unit made a terrible sound before it stopped pumping any cool indoor air through the vents whatsoever. I called out my local HVAC repair shop and asked for an emergency HVAC inspection. When the heating and cooling technician arrived he had a strange look on his face. He couldn’t get out of the house quick enough to inspect the air conditioning unit. When the AC repair was done he reported back with the bill in hand… And just had to mention that my lack of religious insignia couldn’t be helping my indoor air quality.
