The most awkward conversation ever

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I flew from JFK to Leonardo da Vinci when coming back from leave, c. 1974. The guy in the next seat was a Jesuit who told me he was going to the Vatican to be fired. ("defrocked" still makes me giggle.) The birth of Jesus was something he couldn't buy into, even after two decades of Jesuit training. I told him I'd never been religious, something that seemed to fascinate him. We chatted for a few thousand miles and I apparently missed the non-verbal clues from the lady in the window seat. When we landed and got up to debark she said "You're both going to Hell."