Izdaari Eristikon

Just how would I get a tan in those outfits?

If I want to cover up that much on the beach, it's probably cold out and I'll be wearing a wetsuit to swim.

I don't recognize this form of Christianity. It looks a little too much like Islam to me.

I like a lot of music, some Christian and some secular, not all of which necessarily fits the OP's parameters.

Listing all the artists would take a lot of time and thought. Here's a very abridged version:

Favorite secular genres: rock (all kinds, all periods, including metal and punk), jazz, blues, reggae, classical.

Some favorite secular artists, in no particular order: Christopher Tin (a modern classical composer), Cab Calloway, Leonard Cohen, Joan Jett, the White Stripes, Alison Krauss, Leo Kottke, Ry Cooder, Yo-yo Ma.

Sad news, she was a great writer.

But at least she left LOTS of really good books behind for us to enjoy.

I was once a not-theist. I was never an anti-theist.

At the time, I called myself an agnostic.

I didn't know God existed, couldn't find any evidence,

and wasn't sure any such evidence was possible.

But I couldn't accept, as some atheists argue,

that His non-existence should be the default position.

I simply didn't know.