Religious people are ignoramuses, that's what she thought. Smart people don't need all that.
Surprisingly, a couple she knew and admired turned out to be believers and she accepted a Bible from them. After all, an educated person should read the best-selling book of all time. Instead of finding phony miracles and gobbledygook, she was intrigued to find wisdom in it.
She bought a modern translation and found it engaging, attractive, but knew she didn't want to be religious. "I didn’t want to believe in God, but I still felt a peculiar sense of love and presence I couldn’t ignore."
Upon running into an old friend, she accepted his invitation to church. Her questions didn't seem to fit in with the church format, but she persisted in asking them. Eventually, sensing she had nothing to lose and much to gain, she asked Jesus Christ to be the Lord of her life.
This is Rosalind Picard, a professor at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). You've already heard her TED Talk.
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