BIOGRAPHICAL (From the "About Us" section at www.axisoflogic.com

About the Editor: Les Blough is founding editor of Axis of Logic, a website launched on May 18, 2003. He grew up working on a small farm in Pennsylvania where he began working on Mennonite dairy farm in Pennsylvania from 8 years of age. He graduated from The Institute of Christian Service at Bob Jones University in 1965 and was ordained as an Independent Baptist minister the same year. He served as pastor of The Park Hill Chapel in Johnstown, Pennsylvania for over 6 years. During that time he began reading the Form Criticism writings of German theologians (prohibited reading at BJU). He also began to consider the grievances of his peers who were protesting the war in Viet Nam. He buried a young member of his church, killed in Vietnam, remembering the words the young man's father spoke to him at the graveside: "Isn't this some way to get your boy back". These incidents and a photograph were the catalysts for his change from a Fundamentalist Christian background. After leaving Ch

He began to oppose the war in Vietnam and left the ministry and Christian Fundamentalism in 1967. He views his renunciation of the ideology of Christian fundamentalism as "part of the journey". He resigned from his pastorate in 1972 and the committee that ordained him withdrew his ordination. Later, he graduated from University of Tennessee and Penn State University with degrees in counseling psychology. While attending college and graduate school, he worked at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville and Rockview State Penitentiary, Belfonte, PA for 8 years to support his family and continuing education. After working as director of a research department and addictions clinic in a teaching hospital in Pennsylvania, he moved to Boston, MA. Since then has worked as a psychotherapist and in forensics. He has written poetry since he was 12 years old and political essays for many years. He is currently owner of Rehabilitation Management Consultants in Boston, MA and editor of Axis of L

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