> I understand you see value in it. But that may differ. I know I would have hated being forced to read the bible as a child. Even though I was baptized I very

> I understand you see value in it. But that may differ. I know I would have hated being forced to read the bible as a child. Even though I was baptized I very quickly became a student of science and I rejected religion as soon as I could talk. Likewise. I wasnt forced to read anything but had an appetite for any/all reading materials (particularly speculative fiction and dense academic texts for whatever reason.) Books were always better than the garbage on basic cable. Also, note, having read so many texts in the western and eastern canons, there are uncanny parallels perhaps pointing to fundamental aspects of our shared humanity. It's important to understand many perspectives I think, lest your individual identity becomes one of this or that.