I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church believes that it was specially chosen by God to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son Jesus.
At the time I perceived most religious men, particularly the pastors with all their talk about love, faith and relationship, as effeminate.
My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.
I have decided to follow in my sinful ways, and have largely abandoned the increasingly religious life I was leading over the previous months, including several hours of Talmudic study a day.
At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.
Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions.
I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.