Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/15/24 5:33 AM, D wrote:

  On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
 

On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:21:30 +0100, D wrote:
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In the few protestant services I remember from my childhood (my mother
was religious, my father not) there was plenty of singing. Afterwars,
there would sometimes be coffee and cake.

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I don't recall ever going to church with my mother. The whole thing was
sprung on me at a late date. During Boy Scout Week they made a big deal
about going to church with your family and I asked the fatal question
'What's church?'

 We each have our crosses to carry! ;) I remember that my mother thought it was very important that I should become confirmed at around age 15 or so. I was against it, but after a lot of poking and prodding and begging in order to please my grand parents who were religious as well, I finally agreed to attend. So basically it was like a discussion club with philosophical themes with a bit of jesus snuck in here and there.

   Heh ... my mother was a Lutheran. They 'babtised' me
   without my permission before age one.
   Somewhere around age 8 I was sitting in a church pew,
   listening to the preacher, and had one of those 'epiphany'
   things .... "Fairy-Tales For Grown-Ups" - all the swirling
   bits parted for a moment and all was clear. Still remember
   exactly where I was sitting .....
   No, don't hate religious people ... it's a common enough
   delusion. I'm not one of THOSE unbelievers. I think it's
   just best to lead by example - not by the sword.
   Oh, the Boy Scouts wouldn't let me in because I was
   an unbeliever ... but I kinda understood that. They
   had their agenda.