But somehow, the image didn't ring true and I kept asking, "Come on, what is God, really?" I was trying to convince my sister once, when she declared herself an atheist, that God has to exist. She was 13, I think, and I was 11. I wanted the magic of Because God wants it that way to explain all the mysteries of my world, which, at 11, were many! She had given up on the mysteries, and authority, and trusted no one but herself to see her through life. The point is, we were the offspring of a couple... Sign in to see full entry.