{"text":"When a mere girl, my mother offered me a dollar if I would read the Bible through; . . . . Despairing of reconciling many of its absurd statements with even my childish philosophy, . . . I became a sceptic, doubter, and unbeliever, long ere the 'Good Book' was ended.","author":"Elmina Drake Slenker","tags":["absurdity","atheism","atheist","bible-absurdities","bible-study","doubter","girl","philosophy","sceptic","unbeliever","young","youth"],"id":74070,"author_id":"Elmina+Drake+Slenker"}