INTERVIEW WITH DR. MONICA LARSON (Part 1) Dr. Monica Larson: I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your upbringing. Did you attend church or was church later on in your life? Warrior Richardson: Church was 24/7 all my life as a child. My father was a pastor. My grandpa was a pastor. My uncle was a pastor and my brother became a pastor. We were in church almost seven days a week. Dr. Monica Larson: Wow. So you came from a family of pastors and with you being in the church 24/7 did you embrace it as a child or did it seem more like a chore? How did it feel when you were a child. Warrior Richardson: I hated it with a passion. I didn't like it at all. Dr. Monica Larson: Well, at least you're being honest. I appreciate your honesty. At what point did it change. Did it change in your adult life or did it change as a teen. Warrior Richardson: It changed when I was 33. I hated it for 33 years. Dr. Monica Larson: And what part of it did you hate? What was it about church life that just was really egregious to you? Warrior Richardson: Well, it was pretty anti-intellectual. You weren't supposed to ask questions. You were just supposed to say, "Yes, I agree, and I believe;" and I was always asking questions. And the older I got the more I studied it; but I studied it for the purpose of disproving it because I was angry and they still wouldn't answer my questions. You were just supposed to believe. It was pretty anti-intellectual. I wouldn't say these were bad people. It's just that they were simple people and they didn't ask questions; they just said they accept it. I believe they were genuinely born again. Some weren't; but I think there's a good number who were.