(November 15, 2023 at 6:29 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(November 15, 2023 at 6:23 pm)A. Secular Human Wrote: Aesop's is pretty close, but I knew going in that it was fictional.
Fun-fact: Being exposed to Aesop's fables quickly led me to understand that the bible was the same damn thing, and nothing more.
Mom read Aesop's fables to me when I was little. When I started Catechism classes I didn't see the stories as that much different. After moving to dad's hometown full of Catholics, one church, and all Catholic schools I was shocked to find out there were people who thought the Bible stories were real.
Growing up in college towns, prior to that move, and having parents who weren't religious and one who wasn't even Catholic did not prepare me for what I was going to be up against in Cathol-land.
My mom was to busy to read to us, but me and my little sis got this:
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Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.