coping

A thought wormed into my head a while back. I'm thinking that people who so feverently believe in elaborate Conspiracies might be doing so as a sort of defense mechanism to trauma. This may only apply to Conspiracies involving massive, horrific events, such as 9/11 or the Holocaust. But think...

I guess one could consider this to be completely self-serving, however, I am coping with issues around my atheism / skepticism. Please endulge me by reading this mini-blog and providing any useful feedback you can offer. -AH. It has been about 24 hours since I stepped of the plane from Kabul...

As some of you may already know, my mother was diagnosed with cancer 5 days ago. I still don't know many of the details around her particular illness as she is still undergoing testing and biopsies etc... Thanks for all the support I've received here from many posters, and all the great links...