A long, long time ago when I was in Primary 7 out teacher was a splendid old chap, just about to retire who had been a Spitfire pilot in WW2. We read the bible

A long, long time ago when I was in Primary 7 out teacher was a splendid old chap, just about to retire who had been a Spitfire pilot in WW2. We read the bible every day - usually the violent and rather unpleasant parts of the Old Testament. I do believe old Mr C might have been teaching us a subtle lesson there which he couldn't do openly - it being a deeply religious community in the north of Scotland. In the memorable words of Randolph Churchill (son of Winston) after being bet to read the Bible by a well meaning colleague: "Isn't God a shit!".