I was in Downtown Flagstaff, minding my own business, reading in Heritage Square, when this elderly couple came up to me and told me it was such a huge relief to see such a “pious young man, unashamed of his faith.” I had my earphones in and I didn’t really notice them at first, so I asked them what they meant. “Oh, you’re reading a Bible in public, it’s so good to see that.” I stifled a laugh because I was reading The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy omnibus (which criticizes the existence of God in the first book) and it really does look like a black, hardbound bible. And add the fact that Douglas Adams was an atheist and I had to politely tell them what I was reading. They walked away indignant-like afterwards, as if I had planned to deceive them that summer day.
