Sara is a computer-science graduate who decided she liked programming too much to make a career of it. In 2006 she moved to Vancouver to ponder what she’d like do when she grows up. The answer thus far has been Everything, Except the Things People Will Pay You For.
Key Facts
- Is female
- Has a ridiculously high opinion of her own intelligence
- Dislikes sharing identifying details on the internet
- Enjoys talking about herself in the third person
In All Seriousness
Why Year of Faith? Mostly it just sounded like fun, and a good way to cure my ignorance about religion. Learning for its own sake might not be enough for some, but I am positively giddy at the prospect of exploring new ideas.
My upbringing was decidedly non-religious. I was never told that God doesn’t exist; rather, I don’t recall the subject ever being raised. Religion was something other people did—a curiosity, but nothing to do with me. I read far more of Skeptic magazine than I did of any religious text.
I did the typical adolescent dallying in New Age pseudo-Celtic-pagan gimmickry, but it was limited to collecting bits of crystal and puzzling through the Tarot card interpretation booklet. I quickly learned that I couldn’t have faith in anything I perceived as silly.
As a result, I was oddly naïve about all forms of religion, except the bits that filtered through friends and popular culture. I’m fairly certain I made it into my twenties before learning that Judaism and Christianity weren’t the same thing. In the past few years I have paid more attention to the subject, but I am still woefully uninformed.
I always meant to properly research different belief systems and cultures, especially since Islam made it big in the news. Year of Faith gives me incentive to stop procrastinating and finally figure out what this faith thing is all about.