RE: Silly things you misunderstood about religion as a child
September 14, 2015 at 9:34 am
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2015 at 9:34 am by Cyberman.)
Don't think I actually had any understandings of any kind about religion as a kid; I was generally more concerned with how fast I could ride my Chopper (NB: that was a model of bike in the 70s - I know what you were thinking!)
However, the great atheist comedian Dave Allen once told of a misunderstanding at a funeral as a child. He thought the priest was saying "in the name of the father, the son and into the hole he goes" ("I saw him - he went in the hole!")
However, the great atheist comedian Dave Allen once told of a misunderstanding at a funeral as a child. He thought the priest was saying "in the name of the father, the son and into the hole he goes" ("I saw him - he went in the hole!")
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
