Watkins spent a short but meaningful time in the Protestant Church where he over indulged in proselytization before abruptly ending his relationship with organized religion, indicated by his personalized moniker for the organization as 'Two-seed-in-the-spirit-predestinarian-Baptists.'[REF] .
Watkins studied at both Fresno State College and the University of California, Berkeley, though never received a degree from either but remained a lifelong academic.