The God Myth and Reality

The God Myth and Reality: Jake McCoy, construction worker and young man grew up in northern Indiana farm country. He was engaged to a beautiful young woman, Jan, who was three months pregnant and they were engaged to be married, live a wonderful life, share their religious beliefs, and enjoy Midwestern life to the fullest that their backgrounds would allow. Madly in love, feeling on top of the world, planning a fantastic life together, they did not realize a catastrophe was headed their way. Jan was assaulted, raped, lost her pregnancy and progressed into a severe depression which ended up with the loss of her life. Jake, angry, depressed and grieving blamed God for causing this and wondered why a caring God would do such a thing to them. He lost his belief in God, became bitter with religion and questioned whether there was a God or just science and the earth. He joined the Navy, suppressing his feelings, and yet wondering if there really is a God or Supreme Being. His life would be a long journey of investigation, exploring possibilities and wondering if God was real, science, or imagination. Many questions can be answered, but in the end it is a question of whether you believe or don't believe-that is the question.

Daniel R. Sullivan, BS, MD, FAAFP was born in Des Moines, Iowa, moved to Goshen, Indiana during the depression, and served four years in the Navy. He is a Korean War Veteran (no combat), obtained a physics degree from Indiana University and his MD also. He has worked at the Sioux and Cheyenne reservations as a physician, and in the outback of Australia as a bush doctor. After many years as a Family Physician and Urgent Care Physician he is retired and now writes full time.