Related, I highly recommend Orthodoxy by Chesterton, especially to protestants and atheists. You miss out on the best parts of the philosophy when you occupy e

Related, I highly recommend Orthodoxy by Chesterton, especially to protestants and atheists. You miss out on the best parts of the philosophy when you occupy either of those two camps, though, they're really the same camp. Protestantism and atheism are effectively the same thing. I know a lot of people won't appreciate that line. Just Read Orthodoxy. It gives you a different perspective on Christianity that just may save you some years. One of the theses of his book is that, despite much of the philosophy perhaps being already integrated into you, when you forego it in the name of protestantism or atheism, you'll find yourself coming full circle to the philosophy in the most inefficient way possible. He gives the example-metaphor of a yachstman who sets out on a sea voyage from England. This man eventually reaches the shore of a land which he believes to be some new island in the South Seas. That land turns out to be England. He'd just rediscovered the land he's always occupied, the one that's always been mapped out before him. Don't be the fool who rediscovers England. The map has been laid out before you, through much blood and toil, and centuries. Maybe just read it.