Like other posters have mentioned, I had access to children's Bible picture books. I thought they were mad cool - stories about Samson, Noah, David's armies.
But again, they struck me as stories, not as something to be taken as true, and certainly not as moral lessons. I also recall having oversized picture books about Greeks myths and legends, as well as Norse and Irish mythology. I didn't view any of these books as different from the others (except, like most Ulster boys my age, I wanted to be Cuchulain when I grew up).
I didn't read the adult Bible until my late teens. Thought it rather tedious and dull.
Boru
But again, they struck me as stories, not as something to be taken as true, and certainly not as moral lessons. I also recall having oversized picture books about Greeks myths and legends, as well as Norse and Irish mythology. I didn't view any of these books as different from the others (except, like most Ulster boys my age, I wanted to be Cuchulain when I grew up).
I didn't read the adult Bible until my late teens. Thought it rather tedious and dull.
Boru
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