Made to go to Sunday schools and religious camps as a child with Lutherans and Mennonites at various times. The Mennos were a bit too cultist for my tastes. Sort of an odd bunch.
I think my forced religious education was just a way for Icie (my mother) to get me out of her hair on occasion. She was pretty tired of kids by the time I came around, as you might imagine. Same reason I was usually shipped off to a brother or sister's house in the summer once I grew old enough to go alone.
Not much of what I learned stuck with me, and I'm not particularly sad that it didn't. Religion is not my thing.
Ironically, it became Icie's thing when I was a teen. She became a Seventh Day Adventist. Which was cool. I had the house to myself often times on Saturdays while she went to church with Dick Terry's (my brother-in-law) mom and step-dad.
Linda (my daughter's mother) has the Mexican side; as you know Mexicans are deep Catholics in general, as indeed the Spanish/Mediterranean influence hasn't completely worn away among Hispanics in general.
I find Catholicism to be quite absurd; if I were forced to pick one now I'd take the Unitarians. Nice liberal bunch who don't take themselves too seriously.
Okay?
Take care of that Big D (my grandson) guy for me and tell him Gramps says hello.
Love,
Pops
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