Descending Upon Mass.

So on the 3rd day of our trip we headed down to Dedham, MA where Grandpy Harding resides. This is Holly's mother's father. A very intelligent retired school teacher who is an incredibly link to our past. Through Rick and Grandpy we've learned (and relearned for Holly) abou all the amazing people that are our relatives, the scandal, the tradition, the innovaters. All very interesting and all told to us very enthuisiastically.
The oddest conversation came shortly after lunch, as we sat down after fixing Grandpy's rug, the talk turned to religion. Now, as a history to this particular revelation a similar conversation has taken place between Holly and Grandpy, and between numerous other professing christian relatives and Grandpy with much a similar result. It is a very odd thing to explain for i am not completely sure as to his(Grandpy's) actual final stance on who or what God is.
To understand his point of views you must also understand what kind of man he is. One who values above all education and intelligence. One who is not swayed easily but must see all concerned facts and arguements. And also One who spends the entirety of his retirement reading books of all assortments.
To the best of my deduction Grandpy is a of the belief that God as all the religions see it, is only a creation of our minds to justify our behaviors, to guide and justify us as humans. he does think Jesus was a real person though not the son of God. He thinks that we cannot put God in a box and cannot understand Him so therefor the bible is not to be believed because it was created by man and reguardless of divine inspiration it must be falliable. also that the thought that man is special and God loves us most of all is what he descibes as arrogant.
This was only some of the conclusion he drew, and it was such an odd conversation mostly because he is one of the most polite people i know. a few times he said well i hate to push my thoughts on people for fear that they will loose their own. (he is a big supporter of peoeple having a strong faith because he thinks it is best for mankind) My response to him was simply that if a conversation with him would make me loose my faith then that faith was not worth me having in the first place. it was so odd for him to hear me say that i have no trouble whatsoever believing that God created the universe, that Jesus was God, and that the Bible was true.
i could go on but i wont bore you anymore, needless to say the time was spent in some of the most interesting conversation i have ever had.

well then after all that heaviness we trekked off to Boston. with a little effort and getting quite thouroghly lost we did find a parking garage and the commons and the replica of the Cheers bar to eat at. joining us on our travels these days is a small friendly gnome. his origin is not fully known to us but we welcome his company.