What I Think About It

Herren was born in December of 1934 in Brundidge, Alabama, a delightful small town with good people, no crime, where children could walk safely to school and anywhere, and church doors were never locked. It was a time of deep racial prejudice and segregation which Herren at a young age recognized as wrong, un-Chistian, un-American, and in violation of the values stated in our nation's Declaration of Independence. Herren served in the US Army in still- occupied Germany in 1955 through 1957. He worked with NASA as a technical illustrator during the moon race from 1960 through 1970. After the moon landings, he found work as a commercial artist in Kingsport, Tennessee with Eastman Chemical Company, then a part of Kodak. He retired in April of 1997. Being somewhat skeptical, Herren has always searched for truth with a desire to distinguish between what is real and what is unreal. He had some doubts about the religion he was taught, and he began to study other religions. He learned that every religion expects their followers to believe stories that seem quite impossible. For over thirty years, Herren has been writing essays about what he has learned and what he thinks. This book is his way of sharing them with family and friends and anyone that might find them interesting.