Sunday School

[Lemur]

However, I used to love Goosebumps books and shows when I was a kid, even watched the theatre play version as well.

Yeah, I asked my boy lemur about that, why he's fine with L4D but Goosebumps gives him nightmares. His explanation: "In Goosebumps it's kids, and they don't know how to fight back. That scares me. But Left 4 Dead is grown-ups and they know how to fight, so it's okay."

Go figure.

As for the OP, Strike makes a persuasive argument, but you can't imagine how wimpy I am about my mom. What's worse, she's fully aware of my unorthodox beliefs, and knows that I wouldn't be sending the kids to the Episcopal Sunday School out of a desire to see them converted. The jig would be up.

That's the problem; she really is orthodox, at least as much as one can be with CS. She's the sort of I-believe-every-word-of-my-faith-literally person that Kadgar describes. Which creates a bit of tension over religious matters.

I see Christianity as my family's tradition, as a source of inspiration and comfort, and as a profound and moving philosophy. She sees it as the literal truth. Therein lies the rub. By her lights, I'm something of an unbeliever. Hrm.

Must ponder this more.